Dissertations / Theses: 'Audit'

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Machač, Michal. "Etika v auditu. Audit a podvod." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-113539.

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This diploma thesis describes ethics in the profession of external and internal audit. It provides comprehensive overview about ethics, from the basic definitions to business ethics. It deals with audit, its history, organisations, Sarbanes -- Oxley Act and ethical relations of audit profession. It is focused on codes of ethics, auditor act and some standards on internal audit related to ethics. Thesis in its theoretical part also speaks about fraud, its basics, frauds in corporations and audit. Practical part of thesis is focused on concrete fraud cases in relation with (un)ethical behaviour of auditors. It is concerned with history and reasons of fall of Arthur Andersen. It shows its unethical behaviour on fraud examples of its clients, american corporations Enron, WorldCom, Sunbeam and Waste Management. This thesis also describes one of the latest fraud in Olympus. Czech republic is represented by the case of Czech office of Deloitte.

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Mat, Zain Mazlina, and n/a. "The Impact of Audit Committee and Internal Audit Attributes on Internal Audit Contribution to Financial Statement Audits and Audit Fees: Perceptions of Malaysian Internal Auditors." Griffith University. Griffith Business School, 2005. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20060814.111202.

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This thesis has two (2) broad objectives. The first objective is to test the impact of audit committee and internal audit (IA) function characteristics on IA contribution to the financial statement audit. The second objective is to investigate whether a negative association exists between IA contribution to the financial statement audit and audit fees. The study is conducted in a Malaysian context and focuses on the perspectives of internal auditors. There are a number of motivations for the study. In particular, previous studies have not addressed the need for a better understanding of how corporate governance mechanisms such as audit committee and IA unit attributes may affect IA contribution to the financial statement audit. Also, the results of prior studies on the link between IA contribution to the financial statement audit and audit fees are mixed and inconclusive. Furthermore, there is limited empirical evidence in this area from emerging economy countries, with relatively less developed capital markets such as Malaysia. The underlying theme throughout this thesis is that corporate governance mechanisms i.e., audit committee and IA characteristics have the potential to affect the efficiency of the IA unit thus leading to greater contribution of IA to financial statement audits. Specifically, the thesis argues that certain characteristics of audit committees such as the independence of audit committee members from the management, audit committee members' experience and knowledge in accounting, auditing and finance and their level of interactions with the chief internal auditor have the potential to increase the contribution of IA work to financial statement audits. Likewise, it is also postulated that characteristics of the IA function such as their size and prior experience of their staff in auditing are likely to improve the level of efficiency and hence, encourage greater contribution of IA to the external audit work. Finally, due to the saturation of the audit services market coupled with significant competition among public accounting firms, it is also predicted that the contribution of IA work is increasingly viewed as a potential means of improving external audit efficiency (i.e. by reducing time and effort), leading to lower audit fees. Seven (7) hypotheses are tested in this study based on Malaysian data during 2003. Data collection adopted a multi approach with three (3) key sources of data: a questionnaires survey, in-depth interviews and publicly available data from annual reports. The data collection process involved a mail survey addressed to the chief internal auditors of companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) Main Board. Five-hundred and two questionnaires (502) were mailed and a total of 101 (20.03%) responses were returned, of which 76 (17.9%) were useable. In addition, in-depth interviews were conducted with 11 chief internal auditors selected from various industries which were also listed on the KLSE Main Board. Finally, publicly available data from annual reports were utilized. The study makes a number of contributions. First, it provides empirical evidence on the impact of audit committee characteristics on IA contribution to financial statement audits. In particular, the study supports a positive relationship between IA contribution to the financial statement audit and three (3) dimensions of audit committee characteristics namely the proportion of independent audit committee members, the extent of audit committee members' experience and knowledge in auditing, accounting and finance, and the frequency of meetings between the chief internal auditor and the audit committee. This suggests that a high proportion of independent audit committee members with experience and knowledge in accounting, auditing and finance is able to enhance the efficacy of the IA function and thus, encourages external auditors to rely more on the IA function. The results support the earlier predictions that more frequent meetings conducted between audit committees and the chief internal auditor leads to higher extent of IA contribution to the financial statement audit. Further, findings of this study also provides support for the positive relationship between the characteristics of the IA function, namely the size of the IA function and the proportion of staff with prior experience in auditing and IA contribution to the financial statement audit. The results suggest that internal auditors contribute more to the financial statement audit when the size of the IA function is larger and when the proportion of IA staff with prior experience in auditing is higher. Finally, the second model tests for a negative relationship between IA contribution to the financial statement audit and audit fees. However, the results did not yield a significant relationship between these two variables. Further clarifications for this result were derived from the interviews with the chief internal auditors. Specifically, it appears that any saving in time and effort due to the contribution of IA to financial statement audits may possibly be used by external auditors to expand their investigations into other more complex areas that require greater attention from them. Other findings from the interviews also suggest that audit committees play an important role as communication facilitators between the IA staff and management, especially by providing a candid forum for IA staff to express their opinions as well as supporting IA staff's recommendations based on their findings during audit investigations. Further, the leadership role of the audit committee also tends to assist the internal auditors to better communicate with management and to ensure that management will act upon the internal auditor's recommendations. In conclusion, the findings may have some implications for regulators and others concerned with establishing guidelines and listing rules pertaining to audit committee effectiveness especially in developing countries. Furthermore, this study also contributes to the literature on how an IA unit's resourcing has implications for IA contribution to the financial statement audit. While the current professional standards (i.e., ISA 610, SAS 65, and AUS 604) view IA as a substitute for external audit, such professional standards also require external auditors to evaluate the quality of IA unit before relying on the work of IA or accept the contribution of IA to the financial statement audit. As such, this study provides evidence on the potential impact that audit committees and IA units may have on such contribution of IA to the financial statement audit.

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Mat, Zain Mazlina. "The Impact of Audit Committee and Internal Audit Attributes on Internal Audit Contribution to Financial Statement Audits and Audit Fees: Perceptions of Malaysian Internal Auditors." Thesis, Griffith University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366709.

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This thesis has two (2) broad objectives. The first objective is to test the impact of audit committee and internal audit (IA) function characteristics on IA contribution to the financial statement audit. The second objective is to investigate whether a negative association exists between IA contribution to the financial statement audit and audit fees. The study is conducted in a Malaysian context and focuses on the perspectives of internal auditors. There are a number of motivations for the study. In particular, previous studies have not addressed the need for a better understanding of how corporate governance mechanisms such as audit committee and IA unit attributes may affect IA contribution to the financial statement audit. Also, the results of prior studies on the link between IA contribution to the financial statement audit and audit fees are mixed and inconclusive. Furthermore, there is limited empirical evidence in this area from emerging economy countries, with relatively less developed capital markets such as Malaysia. The underlying theme throughout this thesis is that corporate governance mechanisms i.e., audit committee and IA characteristics have the potential to affect the efficiency of the IA unit thus leading to greater contribution of IA to financial statement audits. Specifically, the thesis argues that certain characteristics of audit committees such as the independence of audit committee members from the management, audit committee members' experience and knowledge in accounting, auditing and finance and their level of interactions with the chief internal auditor have the potential to increase the contribution of IA work to financial statement audits. Likewise, it is also postulated that characteristics of the IA function such as their size and prior experience of their staff in auditing are likely to improve the level of efficiency and hence, encourage greater contribution of IA to the external audit work. Finally, due to the saturation of the audit services market coupled with significant competition among public accounting firms, it is also predicted that the contribution of IA work is increasingly viewed as a potential means of improving external audit efficiency (i.e. by reducing time and effort), leading to lower audit fees. Seven (7) hypotheses are tested in this study based on Malaysian data during 2003. Data collection adopted a multi approach with three (3) key sources of data: a questionnaires survey, in-depth interviews and publicly available data from annual reports. The data collection process involved a mail survey addressed to the chief internal auditors of companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) Main Board. Five-hundred and two questionnaires (502) were mailed and a total of 101 (20.03%) responses were returned, of which 76 (17.9%) were useable. In addition, in-depth interviews were conducted with 11 chief internal auditors selected from various industries which were also listed on the KLSE Main Board. Finally, publicly available data from annual reports were utilized. The study makes a number of contributions. First, it provides empirical evidence on the impact of audit committee characteristics on IA contribution to financial statement audits. In particular, the study supports a positive relationship between IA contribution to the financial statement audit and three (3) dimensions of audit committee characteristics namely the proportion of independent audit committee members, the extent of audit committee members' experience and knowledge in auditing, accounting and finance, and the frequency of meetings between the chief internal auditor and the audit committee. This suggests that a high proportion of independent audit committee members with experience and knowledge in accounting, auditing and finance is able to enhance the efficacy of the IA function and thus, encourages external auditors to rely more on the IA function. The results support the earlier predictions that more frequent meetings conducted between audit committees and the chief internal auditor leads to higher extent of IA contribution to the financial statement audit. Further, findings of this study also provides support for the positive relationship between the characteristics of the IA function, namely the size of the IA function and the proportion of staff with prior experience in auditing and IA contribution to the financial statement audit. The results suggest that internal auditors contribute more to the financial statement audit when the size of the IA function is larger and when the proportion of IA staff with prior experience in auditing is higher. Finally, the second model tests for a negative relationship between IA contribution to the financial statement audit and audit fees. However, the results did not yield a significant relationship between these two variables. Further clarifications for this result were derived from the interviews with the chief internal auditors. Specifically, it appears that any saving in time and effort due to the contribution of IA to financial statement audits may possibly be used by external auditors to expand their investigations into other more complex areas that require greater attention from them. Other findings from the interviews also suggest that audit committees play an important role as communication facilitators between the IA staff and management, especially by providing a candid forum for IA staff to express their opinions as well as supporting IA staff's recommendations based on their findings during audit investigations. Further, the leadership role of the audit committee also tends to assist the internal auditors to better communicate with management and to ensure that management will act upon the internal auditor's recommendations. In conclusion, the findings may have some implications for regulators and others concerned with establishing guidelines and listing rules pertaining to audit committee effectiveness especially in developing countries. Furthermore, this study also contributes to the literature on how an IA unit's resourcing has implications for IA contribution to the financial statement audit. While the current professional standards (i.e., ISA 610, SAS 65, and AUS 604) view IA as a substitute for external audit, such professional standards also require external auditors to evaluate the quality of IA unit before relying on the work of IA or accept the contribution of IA to the financial statement audit. As such, this study provides evidence on the potential impact that audit committees and IA units may have on such contribution of IA to the financial statement audit.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Griffith Business School
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Bednář, Miroslav. "Externí a interní audit, principy a vztahy." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-2911.

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Práce přibližuje externí a interní audit v kontextu jejich vývoje. Zabývá se koncepcemi, principy a vztahy mezi externím a interním auditem. Primárním výsledkem je popis důsledků, které plynou uživatelům účetních závěrek z existence externího a interního auditu v podniku.

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Krauß, Patrick. "Audit services, non-audit services, and audit firm tenure." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2013. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-124185.

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The faith in financial reporting quality and the corresponding auditing process has suffered a lot within the last decade, due to significant accounting scandals (e.g. Enron, WorldCom, Parmalat, etc.). As an answer to these accounting scandals, the law-makers in Germany and the European Union, respectively, have strengthened audit regulations in order to improve the quality of the conducted audits. The aim of this cumulative dissertation is to provide empirical evidence on the effects of intended and already implemented regulative audit requirements in Germany. ln order to consider the wide range of different audit requirements, the dissertation is based on four different study manuscripts, highlighting various perspectives with regard to the appointment, duration, and remuneration of a statutory auditor in the German audit environment. Besides the empirical evidence for separate auditing issues, this dissertation is also aimed to provide a solid theoretical background and critical suggestions for future research.

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Švandrlíková, Monika. "Interní audit." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-4865.

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This diploma paper is focused on the problems of internal audits. The goal of the paper is to inform readers on the profession of the internal auditor. The paper is divided into two parts. In the first part background information is provided on the origin and development of the auditor profession, kinds of audit, and the relationship between external and internal audits. Next in this part is an overview of the internal audit; namely its development, requirements on the person of the internal auditor, law concerning internal audits in the Czech Republic and the procedures of internal auditing starting with risk analysis, planning and realization of the internal audit and concluding with the reporting of results and assessment of the internal audit. In the second part a case study is provided of an internal audit at the Ministry of Education. In this part I describe the history of the department, and an internal audit of the department - its position and individual results accomplished by the internal audit.

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Mikulů, Petra. "Audit zásob, Audit of inventories." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-15818.

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This thesis deals with problematics of audit of inventories. Purpose of the thesis is endeavour to define conception and meaning of audit, next to approximate concrete auditing procedures, which are subsequently applied to one of the item balance sheet -- inventories. In many accounting entity inventories represent one of the most considerable part of assets, in some cases also subsistence certainty, in present period of global crisses.

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Večeřa, Pavel. "Srovnání postupů interního a externího auditu ve vybrané účetní jednotce." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-383554.

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The diploma thesis focuses on comparasion of internal and external audit procedures in the selected business unit. It specifies differencies between types of audit. The differencies are applied to practical cases in the selected business unit. There are specified benefits resulting from cooperation between internal and external auditors. It contains suggestions for improving internal audit in selected business unit.

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Curtis, Emer Ann. "Business risk audit : a study of the relationship between audit methodology, audit practice and audit standards." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492225.

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The objective of the thesis is to study the relationship between audit methodology, audit practice and audit standards. The ambiguous nature of audit assurance and the related problematic nature of the audit evidence process are recognised in the literature. The development of proprietary audit methodologies by some of the large accounting firms represents a response to this problem. These methodologies potentially influence both audit practice and audit standards. The thesis draws on institutional theory and an analysis of the multiple roles of audit methodology identified in the literature, to build an analytical framework which facilitates an understanding of audit methodology in its social and institutional context. The introduction by some of the large accounting firms of Business Risk Audit (BRA) approaches has been documented as a major development in audit methodology in the mid1990s. This innovation represented an ambitious program of change in audit techniques and was actively promoted among clients, regulators and academics. As a significant event in the audit field, it provides an excellent opportunity to study the relationship between audit methodology, audit practice and audit standards. Two related empirical studies were undertaken as part of this thesis. First, a longitudinal case study of the implementation of the BRA in practice provided theoretical insights into the relationship between methodology and practice. Second, an investigation into the conditions, events and processes that influenced the development of new standards iil response to BRA enhanced understanding of the relationship between methodology and standards. The two studies provide an in-depth account of an important institutional event in the field of auditing. Facilitated by the analytical framework, the study serves to enhance understanding of the relationship between audit methodology, practice and standards in two key ways. First, the central development of audit methodology within the large firms is shown to be an important consideration in appreciating both the manner in which innovation in methodology emerges and potential problems arising from processes of implementation. This finding has theoretical relevance, suggesting that innovations in audit methodology and their impact on audit practice can be better understood by analysing them in relation to the different interests and sources of legitimacy of those directly involved in the development and promotion of audit firms' methodologies and the audit practitioners required to implement them. Secondly, the study highlights the potential for tension between the various roles served by audit methodologies and audit standards, whether in terms of supporting the production of assurance, profits and different sources of legitimacy for audit firms, standard setters, regulators and the profession as a whole. Theoretically speaking, the success or failure in gaining institutional acceptance for innovations in audit methodology is shown to be dependent on their impact on, and ability to satisfy, the respective (and potentially competing) business demands and professiQpal obligations assumed by/placed on actors within the organisational field of auditing.

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Hledíková, Renáta. "Nezávislý audit vybrané společnosti - spolupráce externího a interního auditora." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-125037.

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This master thesis aims to characterise the role and importance of audit in business. After closer look at the definition of audit itself, the international standards and laws are examined, followed by description of each specific step of audit work. At the end of the theoretical part, the clarification of differences between external and internal audit is made, together with suggestions of possible effects of their cooperation. The main part comes after the theoretical introduction and concludes the execution of audit work in cooperation with the real auditor in the chosen company XZ, a.s. In this practical part of the thesis all the theoretical and methodological knowledge from the previous part are implemented.

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Gulbinaitė, Gitana. "Veiklos audito profesinės praktikos standartai ir jų taikymo ypatumai Lietuvos Respublikos Aplinkos ministerijos Vidaus audito tarnyboje." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2007. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2007~D_20070111_112533-89240.

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Kokią sritį benagrinėtume šiandien, bet kurioje atrasime aktualių klausimų ne tik mums bet ir visuomenei. Kiekvieną veiklą reglamentuoja tam tikri teisės aktai ir normos, skiriasi tik jų tobulumas ir kokybė. Lietuva kaip nepriklausoma valstybė yra dar jauna, o „audito“ sąvoka ir jo teisinės tradicijos Lietuvoje tėra tik „vaikas“. Vidaus auditas Lietuvos viešųjų juridinių asmenų (taip pat ir LR Aplinkos ministerijoje) veikloje tikrai dar neužima jam priklausančios vietos organizacijoje. Kiekviena veikla, kaip ir vidaus auditas viešajame sektoriuje, priklauso nuo to, kokia teisinė bazė ją reglamentuoja. Dėl šios priežasties darbe buvo nagrinėjami Vidaus audito profesinės praktikos standartai, LR Aplinkos ministerijos vidaus audito tarnybos veiklą reglamentuojanti teisinė bazė. Vidaus audito profesinės praktikos standartai ir jų taikymas viešajame sektoriuje yra ne tik nauja ir aktuali tema (nes iki šiol niekas viešai nenagrinėjo) viešojo sektoriaus vidaus auditoriams, bet ir yra pakankamai problematiška.
Any sphere taken to be analyzed today comprises actual questions not only for us but also for the society. Each activity is regulated by certain legal acts and rules; the difference is only in their perfection and quality. Lithuania as an independent country is still very young, therefore the concept of audit and its legal traditions in Lithuania are still ‘children’. Internal audit in the activities of public legal entities (also in the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania) do not yet take the right place in an organization. Every activity as the internal audit in public sector depends on which legal base it is regulated. Therefore, this paper deals with the standards of professional practice of internal audit and legal base regulating activities of internal audit of the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania. Standards of professional practice of internal audit and their application in the public sector is not only recent and relevant issue (as it was not analysed publicly so far) for the auditors of public sector but also quite topical. One of the claims raised by the European Commission is to run membership funds credibly and effectively - could be implemented via secure system of internal control and audit. In order to implement this aim comprehensive and legal methodological issue – standards of internal audit practice of Lithuania that would sign and correspond to the main requirements for the auditors in the EU are needed. The aim of... [to full text]

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Kurt, Ninorta, Yulia Kristensson, and Jasmeet Kaur. "Statutory Audit : Benefits of Maintaining Audits after the Abolishment." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Accounting and Finance, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-1142.

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Purpose: The purpose of this research is to explore the reasons behind the abolish-ment of statutory audit in small limited firms in Sweden and to discuss whether it would be beneficial for these firms to still maintain an audit of their business after the abolishment.

Method: As a major part of this research study, qualitative interviews with auditors have been conducted to obtain professional opinion in the subject of inter-est. Previous research are presented to provide a broader perspective of the debate.

Frame of Reference: The authors present an extensive background to auditing and accounting. Stakeholder model and agency theory have been applied to aid an under-standing of the relationship between a firm and its stakeholders. Experi-ences from other European Union countries are presented to provide a ba-sis of comparison and discussion. Moreover, advantages and disadvantages of auditing are presented to facilitate a discussion of whether it is beneficial to maintain an audit of small limited firms.

Conclusion: After extensive research the authors have identified and determined the most probable reasons behind the abolishment of statutory audit. The au-thors can after a broad research conclude that the central reasons behind the abolishment are the costs of auditing. Populism and politics, as well as harmonisation motives of the European Union, are also prominent reasons for the abolishment of statutory audit in small limited firms in Sweden.

Highlighting the benefits of auditing illustrates that accomplishing an assur-ance of quality is one of the most essential motives of an audit review. Au-diting may facilitate granting of loans, longer credit periods and loyalty, a credible image of the firm, as a result of business owners providing trust-worthy information to their stakeholders. It can be concluded that it is beneficial for small limited firms to maintain an audit of their business, de-spite the abolishment of statutory audit.

Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att utforska de bakomliggande orsakerna till revisionspliktens avskaffande i små aktiebolag i Sverige och att diskutera hu-ruvida det är fördelaktigt att behålla revision i bolagen efter slopandet.

Metod: För att erhålla en professionell åsikt kring ämnet i fråga, har denna studie till största del bestått av kvalitativa intervjuer med respondenter från revisions-byråer. Tidigare studier är även presenterade för att tillföra debatten ett bre-dare perspektiv.

Referensram: Författarna ger en omfattande beskrivning av redovisning och revision. Intressentmodellen och agentteorin har tillämpats i syfte att underlätta för-ståelsen av relationen mellan företag och dess intressenter. Erfarenheter från andra EU-länder är presenterade för att möjliggöra jämförelse och dis-kussion, dessutom beskrivs för- och nackdelar av revision för att underlätta diskussionen om huruvida det är fördelaktigt att behålla revision i små ak-tiebolag.

Slutsats: Författarna har efter omfattande forskning fastställt de troligaste orsakerna till slopandet av revisionsplikten i små aktiebolag. Sammanfattningsvis kan författarna hävda att huvudorsakerna till avskaffandet är kostnaden av att upprätthålla revision. Populism, politik och EU:s harmoniserande strävan är ytterligare framträdande anledningar till slopandet av revisionsplikt i små ak-tiebolag i Sverige.

Att erhålla en kvalitetsstämpel är den främsta fördelen med revision. Dessutom kan revisionen underlätta beviljande av lån, längre kredittider, bi-dra till ökad pålitlighet och trovärdighet av bolaget. Dessa fördelar resulterar från ägarnas pålitliga information som de förser sina intressenter med. Av-slutningsvis kan man påstå att det är gynnsamt för små aktiebolag att behål-la revision även efter slopandet.

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Al-Shaheen, Hussam, and Hanglu Bai. "The Reliance of External Audit on Internal Audit : in Chinese Audit Corporations." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Fakulteten för ekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-21220.

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The objective of this research is to explore how external auditors rely on the work of internal auditors in audit firms in China. This study uses a qualitative method of semi-structured data collection interviews. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with internal auditors and external auditors working in China. On the basis of a summary of the existing literature on internal audit, external audit, the reliance of external audits on internal audit and audit quality, this paper analyses and compares the external auditor’s reliance on internal audit and conceptualizes the results of the data analysis. Nevertheless, according to interviews, at present, small and medium- sized enterprises rarely set up an internal audit department, only large companies and government departments in China set up an internal audit, because, firstly, the cost of an internal audit, secondly , the lack of professional internal audit staff and internal audit outsourcing in China is of this kind of legal form. The study showed that the qualitative analysis has provided evidence of the dependence of external audits on internal audits continue to exist in China. In addition, the study showed that Internal auditing needs to maintain independence and objectivity, while external auditing needs to ensure professionalism, independence and authenticity. To a certain extent, external audit relies on internal audit to save time and improve efficiency in order to improve audit quality in china. However, this dependence is based on the independence of the internal audit and the external audit and cannot be entirely dependent on the authenticity that will lead to the recurrence of similar Yin Guangxia incidents.

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Smola, Martin. "Audit aplikačních systémů." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-10378.

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This thesis is concerned with audit of application system in copany MCR Technology s.r.o., identification of problem areas and following suggestion of possibilities in solving problems, which were identified pursuant to realized audit. First part is focused on general definition and characteristic of audit with view to his goals, mission and effective realization. Then is thesis concerned with audit of information systems, where are defined instruments and methodics for IS audit realization. Second part is focused on audit of application system in company. Audit involves selection of relevant application control form COBIT methodics and their modification for conditions of small copany. After it follows realisation of audit base on select control, summary of audit finding in audit report and indentification of problem areas. The subject of the third part is draft of solutions of problem areas in application system which were identified pursuant to audit.

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Persson, Elin, and Milla Näsström. "Performance Audits : A study of the factors affecting audit impact in Sweden." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-297948.

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There have been uncertainties to what a performance audit generates, as audit impact have an inherent causality problem. Prior studies present several factors that affect perceived audit impact, but the generalizability is low and not applicable in a Swedish context, thus this thesis contributes to the development of the existing knowledge by investigating audit impact. This thesis consists of a sample of three performance audits which are investigated through a mix methods approach with a total 23 interviews and multiple public documents, analyzed with earlier studies and theories as a benchmark. The findings indicate that audit impact is complex where several factors affect audit impact, this thesis indicated that usefulness and quality of the performance audit are the main factors that affects perceived audit impact. There are also additional effects by the performance audit that fall outside of the audit impact definition. Due to the small sample size and the fact that performance audits often are regulated by local laws one must be careful in what context these findings are solely applied in another context.

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Muchačiova, Gražina. "Valstybinio finansinio audito reikšmė ir būtinumas Lietuvoje." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2014. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2014~D_20140128_134834-98849.

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Magistro baigiamajame darbe išanalizuota valstybinio finansinio audito esmė ir įgyvendinimo metodai, ištirtos valstybinio finansinio audito ataskaitos ir pateikti siūlymai kaip pagerinti finansinio audito efektyvumą. Pirmoje darbo dalyje teoriniu aspektu nagrinėjama valstybinio finansinio audito samprata, tikslai, uždaviniai, teisinis reglamentavimas, atskleidžiama audito reikšmė ir būtinumas, jo įtaka viešųjų finansų valdymui. Antroje dalyje nagrinėjami valstybinio finansinio audito įgyvendinimo metodai, audito subjektai, aiškinamasi audito ataskaitų reikšmė. Trečioje darbo dalyje pateikta atlikto tyrimo metodika, nagrinėjamos valstybinio finansinio audito ataskaitos ir daromos išvados.
Master‘s thesis analyses the essence of state financial audit and implementation methods, explore the state financial audit reports and provides suggestions how to improve the efficienty of the financial audit. The first part of the thesis analyses the theoretical aspects of public financial audit concept, objectives, targets and legal regulation. The audit disclose the significance and necessity of its impact on public finance management. The second part explains the state financial audit methods of explementation, audit entities, value of audit reports. The third part describes the methodology of the research, analyses the state financial audit reports and conclusions are drawn.

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Alexeyeva, Irina. "Essays on Audit Fees and the Joint Provision of Audit and Non-Audit Services." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-141463.

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This thesis examines the factors affecting audit and non-audit fees and the effects of the joint provision of audit and non-audit services on auditing. The first essay focuses on environmental factors. Using data for Swedish listed companies over a six year span, including pre-crisis, crisis and post-crisis periods, the essay investigates whether changing economic conditions affect the level of fees paid for audit and non-audit services. The finding suggests that auditors increase their risk premium for auditing during a financial crisis andtend to charge higher audit fees as a response to lower risk levels in the post-crisis period. On the other hand, a significant reduction in non-audit fees suggests that companies are less willing to invest in consulting services during thecrisis and post-crisis periods. The second essay also studies the effects of environmental factors on audit pricing. Using data for financial institutions in 24 European countries, the study examines whether the level of effort spent on the evaluation of fair values is higher for more uncertain fair values.The result suggests that an increasing level of complexity and risk requires greater audit effort. Furthermore, the results showthat the strength of a country’s institutional setting is positively associated with the effort spent on the evaluation of high uncertainty fair value estimates. The finding implies that auditors spend more effort in stronger regulated countries, possibly due to higher potential litigation costs. The third essay focuses on the factors related to an individual audit partner. Based on the data of publicly listed Swedish companies, it investigates whether partner special competencies are reflected in the prices charged for auditing. The findings show that partner industry expertise and client-specific expertise are associated with higher audit fees. A further finding isthat female partners are considerably under-represented among specialists. However,the under-representation of females among higher qualified partners does not seem to negatively affect their possibilities to earn higher fees. The fourth essay investigates how the joint provision of audit and non-audit services affects perceived knowledge spillover and audit efficiency. The essay makesuse of survey data from a large sample of Swedish auditors and finds that the levels of communication and trust are positively associated with knowledge spillover. The result further suggests that the information gained from the provision of non-audit services can reduce auditors’ effort (time) spent on different audit procedures, thereby increasing audit efficiency.

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Kreivi, Tommy, and Christian Skenberg. "Statutory Audit : Do banks benefit from statutory audit?" Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Administration, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-640.

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Problem In Sweden, there is currently a debate concerning statutory audit. Different stakeholders debate whether the government should change the legis-lation concerning statutory audit for limited companies below a certain size. A study made by Thorell & Norberg (2005) and other researchers are of the opinion that banks are positive toward statutory audit. We find it very reasonable for banks to have this positive opinion, but we ask ourselves if the importance of the statutory audit is so great that it is reason enough for the banks to be an influential part in the ongoing debate.

Purpose The purpose of the thesis is to contribute to the debate regarding statutory audit for small limited companies by studying the argument that banks and credit processes benefit from statutory audit.

Method This study was conducted through a qualitative method. The data was collected by interviewing representatives from three banks. We investigated and compared the process of granting credits for unregistered firms, partnerships and small limited companies. This means that we compared credit processes for companies that are under the regulation of statutory audit and companies that are not.

Conclusions Based on this study, we agree with Thorell & Norberg (2005), that banks positive attitudes towards statutory audit is based on convenience rather than real benefits. Banks can conduct the same research for small limited companies, as for unregistered firms and partnerships. The personal responsibility for unregistered firms and partnerships is no defence in keeping the statutory audit, because it is of minor importance. As the bank representatives in this study do not know what an audit consist of, we can see no reason for them to say that the statutory audit should be kept. An auditor’s advice can create benefits for the company that is greater than the cost of the audit, but we can not see why the statutory audit should be kept because of this. Company representatives can hire an auditor or an-other advisor whenever he/she wants. Based on the results from this study, we can see no reason to keep the statutory audit for small limited companies, from a bank perspective.

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Problem I Sverige pågår en debatt om revisionsplikten. Olika intressenter debatte-rar om regeringen ska ändra lagstiftningen om revisionsplikt för aktiebo-lag under en viss storlek. En studie av Thorell & Norberg (2005) och andra studier visar att banker är positivt inställd till revisionsplikten. Vi anser det vara rimligt att bankerna har denna positiva inställning, men vi ifrågasätter om revisionsplikten är så viktig för bankerna så att de kan vara en inflytelserik aktör i debatten.

Syfte Syftet med denna uppsats är att bidra till debatten angående revisionsplikten för små aktiebolag genom att undersöka argumentet att banker och kreditgivningsprocesser gynnas av revisionsplikt.

Metod Studien genomfördes genom en kvalitativ metod. Data insamlades genom intervjuer med tre banker. Vi undersökte och jämförde kreditgivningsprocessen för enskilda firmor, handelsbolag och små aktiebolag. Det innebär att vi jämförde kreditprocessen för både företag som har revisionsplikt på sig och de som inte har det.

Slutsats Baserat på denna studie, så håller vi med Thorell & Norberg (2005), att bankernas positive inställning till revisionsplikten är baserad på bekvämlighet istället för riktig nytta. Banker kan genomföra samma undersökningar på små aktiebolag som på enskilda firmor och handelsbolag. Bristen på personaligt betalningsansvar i aktiebolag ingen ursäkt för att behålla revisionsplikten, då den enligt bankerna är av mindre betydelse. Eftersom representanterna för bankerna i denna studie inte vet vad som innefattas i en revision, så kan vi inte se att de har någon grund att påstå att revisionsplikten ska vara obligatorisk. Råden från en revisor kan skapa större fördelar än vad kostnaden för revisionen är, men vi kan inte förstå varför man ska behålla revisionsplikten på grund av detta. Företagens representanter kan anlita revisorer eller andra rådgivare ändå. Baserat på resultaten från denna studie så kan vi inte någon anledning till att behålla revisionsplikten för små aktiebolag, ur ett bankperspektiv.

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Lakhe, Shrestha Biswas Kaji, and Honey Htun Wai. "Audit from Audit Exempted Small and Medium-sized Entities (SMEs) in Sweden." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-45502.

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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are seen as backbone for economic growth because they are regarded as catalyst for entrepreneurial skills, innovation and employment. Since in Sweden approximately 99.89% of enterprises are SMEs, they take an important role in country’s economic development. Most of the countries especially EU nations have abolished the statutory audit provision for (SMEs). The new Swedish legislation of statutory audit exemption came into effect on 1st November, 2010. In accordance with this new legislation, (SMEs) within two out of three following criteria; turnovers 3 million Swedish Kronor, balance sheet total 1.5 million Swedish Kronor and 3 total numbers of employees are exempted from statutory audit requirement. Despite the fact that audit exempted SMEs are voluntarily conducting financial statements audited. As per above matters, this study finds the expected benefits of audit exempted SMEs in Sweden when they go for voluntary audited financial statements. In order to attain our research findings, this study chooses to conduct qualitative research method by semi- structured interviews with respondents from SMEs. Besides that, bankers’ opinion on audited financial statements and voluntary audits are discussed in order to complement our main research finding. When it comes to collect empirical data, we use convenient data sampling from Sweden, particularly in Umeå due to the cost and time limitations. According to our empirical results, the expected benefits for audit exempted SMEs in Sweden voluntarily conducting their financial statements audit are as follow: Security with the audited financial information Right amount of tax paid to tax authorities Easy to get bank loan Better relation with creditors, investors and suppliers In accordance with empirical results of bankers, we can confirm that bank will grant loan easily to clients who have their financial accounts audited. As a contribution of new knowledge we find that in Sweden, banks used credit scoring lending technique when it comes to grant bank loan. The interest rate determination is also relied on credit rating of companies. Companies who have good credit rating will be granted loan with lower interest rate. As for small companies who would like to get external financing from banks, the requirement criteria could describe as; audited financial statements, collaterals, business plan, owners’ grantee for loan repayment and good credit history.

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Sinha, Arunesh. "Audit Games." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2014. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/487.

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Modern organizations (e.g., hospitals, banks, social networks, search engines) hold large volumes of personal information, and rely heavily on auditing for enforcement of privacy policies. These audit mechanisms combine automated methods with human input to detect and punish violators. Since human audit resources are limited, and often not sufficient to investigate all potential violations, current state-of-the -art audit tools provide heuristics to guide human effort. However, numerous reports of privacy breaches caused by malicious insiders bring to question the effectiveness of these audit mechanisms. Our thesis is that effective audit resource allocation and punishment levels can be efficiently computed by modeling the audit process as a game between a rational auditor and a rational or worst-case auditee. We present several results in support of the thesis. In the worst-case adversary setting, we design a game model taking into account organizational cost of auditing and loss from violations. We propose the notion of low regret as a desired audit property and provide a regret minimizing audit algorithm that outputs an optimal audit resource allocation strategy. The algorithm improves upon prior regret bounds in the partial information setting. In the rational adversary setting, we enable punishments by the auditor, and model the adversary's utility as a trade-off between the benefit from violations and loss due to punishment when detected. Our Stackelberg game model generalizes an existing deployed security game model with punishment parameters. It applies to natural auditing settings with multiple auditors where each auditor is restricted to audit a subset of the potential violations. We provide novel polynomial time algorithms to approximate the non-convex optimization problem used to compute the Stackelberg equilibrium. The algorithms output optimal audit resource allocation strategy and punishment levels. We also provide a method to reduce the optimization problem size, achieving up to 5x speedup for realistic instances of the audit problem, and for the related security game instances.

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Guts, I. D., and I. Y. Savchenko. "Ecological audit." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2008. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/11651.

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Čevelová, Petra. "Marketingový audit." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2007. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-221533.

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The diploma thesis is being elaborated on the topic of “Marketing Audit”. The aim of this work is to implement marketing audit in the company XX. The subject of the audit is the oldest company’s product at the full- scale, i.e. general estimation of all marketing procedures. Marketing audit is a method of analysis in this diploma thesis. The results are summarized in the SWOT analysis, which was the resource for the list of recommendations for better marketing in the company. Consequently there is an estimation for a budget for further steps as well as estimated revenues. At the close I advise undergoing another audit to crosscheck accuracy of performed changes in the company.

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Hlísta, Juraj. "Reaktivní audit." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-237105.

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The thesis deals with the proposal and the implementation of an extension for the audit system in Linux - the reactive audit. It brings a new functionality to the auditing in form of triggering reactions to certain audit events. The reactive audit is implemented within an audit plugin and its use is optional. Additionally, there is another plugin which stores some audit events and provides time-related statistics for the first plugin. As the result, the mechanism of the reactive audit does not only react to some audit events, it is also able to reveal anomalies according to the statistical information and set ofe the appropriate reactions. It is a fairly general mechanism that can be useful in various situations.

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Studzinski, Radim. "Interní audit." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2006. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-474.

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Diplomová práce se skládá z teoretické a praktické části. Teoretická část popisuje vznik a vývoj interního auditu, jeho historii, auditorské postupy, profil interního auditora atd. Praktická část je zpracována na základě údajů o společnosti Plzeňský Prazdroj, a.s. Cílem této diplomové práce je seznámit čtenáře s interním auditem, pochopením jeho podstaty a jeho významem.

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Šilhán, Josef. "Interní audit." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-9358.

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Stoilov, Martin. "Audit outsourcingu." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-19136.

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Diploma thesis deals with the topic of external audit of IT services outsourcing and is focused especially on application, infrastructure and support services. The thesis describes audit as an efficient tool for evaluation of third party services and defines its position in quality management inside an organization. Furthermore the thesis deals with differences in project lifecycle as described in PMBOK framework and IT Assurance Guide. The second part of the thesis describes main issues of outsourcing contracts in condition of the Czech Republic and offers a solid overview of solving options. In the last part of the thesis all the described issues are demonstrated on a real case study from the government environment in the Czech Republic.

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Ševcovicová, Lucie. "Finanční audit." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-76647.

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The thesis deals with comparison of external and internal audit of financial reporting. Both disciplines were initially compared theoretically and described procedures were then applied in the form of performing an audit of a chosen company called XY. In conclusion main differences as well as congruencies were summarized.

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Žakarovská, Katarína. "Interní audit." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-113514.

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This final thesis is focusing on internal audit. The objective of the thesis is to show the process of internal audit in practice and to assess whether the internal audit is effective and serves its purpose. I am describing the process of internal audit on a company providing services. Particular steps of this internal audit are being described in this thesis while the final report of the internal auditor is included. The report describes failures which occurred and the procedure of their resolution. I came to the conclusion that internal audit helps the organization to reduce the failures and mistakes risen up by ignorance, lack of attention or lack of knowledge. Following the results of the thesis I would recommend the companies not doing any internal audit to do so. Performing of the internal audit on the regular basis will allow achieving higher control over the activities and processes. Internal audit helps to gain and renew the quality certifications which are helping to become more competitive at the market.

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Ďurkovic, Michal. "Interný audit." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-114252.

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Master's thesis is referring the importance and requirement of internal audit in middle sized enterprises. It summarizes theoretical basis for the implementation of internal audit's profession and its legislative environment. Thesis is focused on the analysis of the processes of administration and record keeping of leasing agreements in corporation. Based on the analysis, solutions and measures concerning internal controls are proposed. Goal of the Master's thesis is to refer the importance of establishing and evaluation of the internal control processes. Subject of internal audit are not only non-functioning processes but also internal controls, which can be well established and functioning but management has no feedback about their efficiency.

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Samuelová, Barbora. "Interní audit." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-114547.

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The diploma thesis deals with the internal audit, its function and status in a particular organization. The passages look into the development of the profession, relation to the external audit and their comparison, demands on the internal auditor, internal audit structure and the procedure itself. A part of the thesis deals thoroughly with the internal audit in connection with a risk, fraudulent conduct and the importance of the internal control. At the end of the thesis, there are some practical examples of ethics violation in the auditor profession and the view of the current internal audit.

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Drdáková, Kristýna. "Interní audit." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-151511.

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Diploma thesis focuses on internal audit and conditions for this job. At the beginning is some history and development of internal audit. Another part deals with internal audit, relation to the external audit and internal control systems. Other passage look into processing of internal audit and preparing of internal auditor's report. There are some requirements for person of internal auditor and his/her role in company. A part of thesis is devoted to Institute of internal auditors, membership terms and European confederation for institutes of internal auditors. Other part focuses on risks and frauds join with profession of internal auditors. Practical part deals with real situation of internal audit profession in private enterprise and banking sector.

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Ambros, Lukáš. "Audit banky." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-165616.

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The goal of my thesis "Audit of a bank" is to identify and describe the area of external and internal audit in banking and to focus on specifics of bank audit in comparison to external audit of commercial enterprise. The first part is focused on audit of financial statements. In the second part are described the specifics of banking segment. Third part describes internal audit and cooperation between external and internal audit. In the last part there are described methods applied during the audit of the bank.

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Udženija, Edvard. "Interní audit." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-193665.

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Diploma thesis is about modern approach to internal audit. This work covers theoretical knowledge and methodology of internal audit and includes a concept internal audit 2.0 by Ernst & Young. Practical part of this thesis includes application of internal audit on a small enterprise including a 2.0 approach. Goal of this thesis is implementation of methodology from internal audit including 2.0 by EY , and conclusions of internal audit in praxis.

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Hrazdira, David. "Energetický audit." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-372193.

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The theme of this master's thesis is the elaborating of an energy audit according to the valid legislation in the Czech Republic a five-storey apartment building. The master's thesis consists of three main parts. Theoretical, Computional and Energy Audit. The theoretical part focuses on the theme of solar thermal collectors. In the calculation part, the energy consumption of the assessed object is analyzed in both the initial and the new state. The energy audit is drawn up in accordance the Decree number 480/2012 Sb. in the current version.

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Sedláčková, Jana. "Interní audit." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-241537.

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The diploma thesis deals with internal audit of the purchase process in Slovácké strojírny, a.s. Uherský Brod. The main aim is to evaluate current situation and offer recommendations that would create added value to the organization. The analysis of current purchase situation was the core for risk identification using the „What can go wrongs“ method. Based on these findings the controls and corrective measures leading to risk reduction and suggested. Consequent implementation will ensure improvement of purchase department functioning and will lead to higher efficiency in execution of strategic and operative activities.

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Miesler, Zdeněk. "Energetický audit." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-409870.

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My diploma thesis is focused on processing of an energy audit of an apartment buil-ding in accordance with the Decree 480/2012 Coll. as amended. In the theoretical part I deal with the revitalization of residential and prefabricated houses both in classical ways and with modern technologies. In the practical part is processed analysis of ener-gy consumption of the apartment building in Kyjov in the initial state. In the last part is the energy audit of the apartment building, where are suggested precautions and then proposed the option for implementation.

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Peichl, Petr. "Energetický audit." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-409872.

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The diploma thesis deals with the energy audit of the kindergarten building Špálova in Ostrava, according to order No. 480/2012 Sb. as amended. It is divided into three parts. The first part deals with the project of photovoltaic power plants in the energy audit, the second part analyzes the calculation procedures in the design of energy-saving measures and the third part completes the energy audit according to the requirements of the above-mentioned decree.

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Miskos, Jan. "Audit pohledávek." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-224781.

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The purpose of the thesis is to propose audit procedures to verify trade receivables at chosen business subject, draw a conclusion and to propose a solution for a given issue. The first part will be dedicated to general audit description including audit history, goal assessment, and clarification of the purpose of audit of financial statements. The second part will focus on practical execution of audit with emphasize on receivables, and provision on receivables. The results of audit procedures will be commented at the end of the thesis including a solution proposal.

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Kořista, Ján. "Energetický audit." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-240419.

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The goal of the master's thesis is elaborating energy audit within the current legislation in Czech republic. Thesis includes introduction, in which has been described photovolatics panels. The building is evaluated in terms of energetic, economic and environmental. Part of the energy audit was to designed and evaluated austerity measures.

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Carrington, Thomas. "Framing audit failure : four studies on audit quality discomforts /." Stockholm : Stockholm University : School of Business, Stockholm University [distributör], 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-7124.

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Tepalagul, Nopmanee. "Audit completion phase: determinants and implications for audit quality." Thesis, Boston University, 2012. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/12650.

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Thesis (D.B.A.)--Boston University PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
This study provides evidence on the audit completion phase, the period between the end of the auditor's fieldwork for a client and the release of the audit report. The audit completion phase has generally been unexplored by the existing literature. Using a unique setting that arises from the enforcement of a recent auditing standard on audit documentation, I infer the time that auditors spend during the completion phase and investigate the determinants and the implications for audit quality of this last audit phase. First, I explore the determinants of audit completion phase. I find that operational complexity, financial or mining industry membership, litigation risk, financial risk, auditor size, and client importance influence audit completion time. Of particular note is that completion time spent on financial firms increases in recent years, causing an increase in total audit lag. Similarly, control risk and having a December fiscal year-end increase completion time as well as lengthen overall audit lag. There is also some evidence, mostly for non-accelerated filers, that completion time increases with the magnitude of impairment expense. For accelerated filers, audit completion times are shorter if the audit office has fewer clients. Second, I explore whether the audit completion phase adds value to the audit. Results generally indicate that longer completion time increases for problematic clients, as reflected in future restatements. I also find in an additional test, however, that longer completion time is associated with lower likelihood of restatements in some accelerated filers. This suggests that a longer time spent during the last phase of audit may actually be beneficial for large firms with tight reporting deadlines.

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Shihao, Tang, and Shen Shen. "Commercialization and Audit quality : Evidence from Chinese audit market." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Fakulteten för ekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-20040.

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In recent years, the commercialization of the audit market has become more and more apparent, which is an inevitable trend. After the Enron scandal broke out, researches about commercialization and audit professions, audit quality have arisen. Most of these studies are focus on western audit firms. The purpose of this study is to look at the impact of commercialization of the Chinese audit industry from the auditor perspective. This paper is based on 109 responses to a survey distributed to Chinese auditors, including Big 4 firms and non-Big 4 firms. This study use market orientation, customer orientation and process orientation as indicators of commercialization. Auditor independence and auditor competence as two main cornerstones of audit quality. The data were analyzed by multiple statistics test. Our finding indicates that all three indicators of commercialization of audit market have a positive relation with auditor independence and competence. We are thus concluding that commercialization of the audit market has a positive relation to audit quality. Also, we find that auditors in Big 4 and non-Big 4 audit farm are not much difference. This may be because the Big 4 in the Chinese market do not have the same dominance as in the Western market.

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Ryznerová, Magda. "Vývoj auditorské profese." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-81909.

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The goal of the submitted thesis "Evolution of the audit profession" is to introduce the audit profession focused on the current situation of the audit market. The European Commission published a Green Paper "Audit Policy: Lessons from the Crisis" on the 13th of October 2010 seeking views on a range of issues related to the statutary audit. (the consultation closed on the 8th of December). The part of this work is the comparison of views of the group of respondents and the summary of all responses. It also mentions the current situation of this theme.

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Jamil, Nurul Nazlia. "The effects of politically connected audit committees on audit fee and audit process : evidence in Malaysia." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2017. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-effects-of-politically-connected-audit-committees-on-audit-fee-and-audit-process-evidence-in-malaysia(15096026-5152-49e5-97fe-7ef52cafd8fb).html.

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This study aims to contribute to an understanding of politically connected audit committees on audit fees and the audit process in an emerging market, using the case of Malaysia. Malaysia offers an interesting and important setting as Malaysian companies are highly concentrated and politically sensitive. In particular, the study seeks to: (i) examine the level of political connections represented in the audit committees associated with the level of audit fees incurred by Malaysian public listed companies; and (ii) examine whether politically connected audit committees have an impact on the audit process. Currently, there is scant evidence on the influence of politically connected audit committees on audit fees and the audit process. The study draws upon agency and resource dependence theories, which suggest that politically connected audit committees serve two important functions: monitoring on behalf of the shareholders, and providing resources to the companies. For the purpose of this study, a mixed method approach (archival data analysis and interviews) has been adopted. Four hypotheses are tested: (1) There is a positive relationship between the proportion of audit committee members who are senior government officers (SGO) and audit fees; (2) There is a positive relationship between the proportions of audit committee members who are politicians and audit fees; (3) There is a positive relationship between the percentage of government shares and audit fees; and (4) There is a positive relationship between audit committee characteristics (independence, size, meeting and financial expertise) and audit fees. In addition, the knowledge obtained from the interviews with Big 4 auditors and members of audit committees from the selected companies provide further insights on the influence of political connections on the audit process. The results of the study indicate that politically connected audit committees (identified by members who are either senior government officers or politicians) have a significant association with the incidence of higher audit fees. This suggests that politically connected audit committees are able to capitalise on their connections to influence companies and create direct demand for the auditors to increase their audit effort, as measured by audit fees. Contrary to expectations, this study did not find a significant relationship between government shares and audit fees. This result may be explained by the fact that government shares are managed by a variety of institutions on behalf of the government, and differences in the objectives and characteristics of the institutions that administer the shares can weaken the demand for higher efforts from auditors. An in-depth analysis of the interviews further reveals that political connections do affect the audit process. It appears that the existence of political connections leads to an increase in audit work such in a variety of ways, such as auditor-client negotiations, private meetings with audit committees and re-engineering the scope and planning of the actual audit work. One of the issues that emerges from these findings is that companies highly value political connections to obtain external resources given the uncertainties in the business environment. Also, the findings highlight the need for stronger corporate governance to mitigate the higher inherent audit risks in politically connected companies.

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GIERTL, Jakub. "IT audit jako podpora finančního auditu." Master's thesis, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-261066.

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The diploma thesis deals with the use of IT audit as support for financial audit. The work is divided into two larger parts, theoretical and practical. In the theoretical part, the author describes the audit as such, audit methodology, standards of good practice and information system. The practical part is based on the practical execution of the audit, which begins with the audit plan and ends with the evaluation of testing and possible recommendations for change.

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Chun-ChanYu and 余駿展. "Audit Office Capacity, Audit Pricing, and Audit Quality." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/223vj9.

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博士
國立成功大學
會計學系
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Resorting to the economics concept of opportunity cost, this study explains and tests the association between unused capacity pertaining to normal audit tasks and audit pricing, and investigate if there exists any factors that moderate this association. The empirical results verify that my measures of unused capacity for city offices are negatively associated with audit fees, and the relation holds for both Big 4 and Non-Big 4 auditees. Furthermore, the association is magnified when bidding on new clients due to enhanced competition. This study also finds that the negative association is driven by small- and medium-size city offices, or audit offices with less industry expertise, which may indicate that larger and city-level industry leader offices may be more reluctant to consider unused capacity when pricing audit fees due to the potential pressure from auditees to compare audit fees, protection of brand perception, and efforts to signal a reputation of higher audit quality, or they are better able to manage unused capacity. However, using unused capacity to proxy for auditors’ pressure, this study does not find consistent evidence that higher unused capacity is associated with better audit quality, which may indicate that my measures cannot accurately represent the pressure that individual auditors face and/or that quality control and firm-wide consultation mechanisms function to some extent in assuring uniform audit quality.

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Kořínková, Eva. "Audit a personální audit." Master's thesis, 2004. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-367223.

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Zeng, June-Wei, and 曾峻緯. "Audit Committee and Audit Quality." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/77410376988801192421.

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碩士
國立雲林科技大學
會計系研究所
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This study examines whether the establishment of audit committees would contribute the audit quality and whether the longer the establishment of audit committees the better oversight effects. The empirical tests are conducted using TEJ database for firms listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange with fiscal year ends between 2008 and 2010. The final sample consists of 2,155 firm years. The audit quality is proxied by the issuance of non standard unqualified opinions. In addition, I test the association between the length of audit committee establishment and audit quality. Empirical results indicate that the establishment of audit committees is not positively associated with audit quality and the length of audit committee establishment is negatively associated with audit quality. The results imply that audit opinions may be compromised between auditors and audit committee.

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Chiu, Wei-Ting, and 邱偉婷. "Non-Audit Service, Audit Firms'' Industry Specialization and Audit Quality." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9a4hze.

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碩士
銘傳大學
會計學系碩士班
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The paper examines whether auditors compromise their auditor quality when they provide audit and non-audit services simultaneously to their clients, and whether it likely to mitigate the adverse effects of NAS when audit firms are industry specialized. Our sample used 6977 observations of Taiwan TSE and OTC firms from 2002 to 2007. The results show there is a significant positive association between non-audit services and abnormal accruals, which suggest that the provision of non-audit services by auditors will more likely to allow client to have higher degree of earning management. However, the provision of non-audit services by the industry specialists could constrain earning management and mitigates the adverse effects of non-audit services on auditor quality.

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Wang, Yi-Feng, and 王溢鋒. "Auditor Industry Specialization, Audit Experience, Audit Tenure, and Audit Opinion." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/30950916190433690411.

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碩士
亞洲大學
會計與資訊學系碩士班
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This research is to investigate the effect of the auditor industry specialization, audit experience, audit tenure on going-concern opinion. Certified public accountants issue the audit-reports that influence the reliability and availability of the financial statements. In the past, many researches on the qualities of audits and the opinions of audits focus on the independence or the expertise of the audits. This research has taken the expertise and independence of the audits into account and the influence on the audit opinion, and the companies with not good financial report in Taiwan Stock Exchange from 2000 to 2009 are the objects of the study. SPSS software is used to analyze the industry specialization, audit experience, and tenure on audits and accounting firms and to know whether to increase accuracy of the audit reports. The results show that level accounting firms and accountant industry with specialization would provide their doubt opinions for the clients who will continue to operate. In the empirical results on audit experience show that the audits have more experience on audit experience, they have much doubt on issuing the continuing operation; the longer tenure the audits have, they would have much doubt on issuing the continuing operation on the poor financial clients.

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