Financial ratios have long been used for business analysis. Researchers have formulated business failure prediction models utilizing nancial ratios. This study focuses on the use of nancial ratios to discriminate between failed and non-failed rms in the retail industry.Using a matched sample of sixty-six failed and sixty-six non-failed retail rms obtained from the COMPUSTAT database, multiple discriminant analysis was utilized to develop a retail prediction model which accurately classi ed 78 per cent of the sample rms as failed or non-failed. Hotelling's T 2 test determined that the mean vector of the discriminant function for failed rms differed from that of non-failed rms. The model was further validated using a jackknife procedure and split sample analysis. Failed or non-failed classi cation accuracy was found to be signi cantly better than chance.
Purpose -In response to corporate scandals the USA issued the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to promote corporate responsibility for financial reporting. Some see the impact of the US legislation crossing borders and influencing the nature of financial reporting in other countries. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether or not there have been increases in transparency in non-US financial markets, specifically in South East Asia, suggesting a ripple effect as a result of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Design/methodology/approach -The study examines the audited financial statements of 92 South East Asian companies issued before and after the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation to note any significant increase in transparency. As a proxy for transparency, the study examines the number of footnotes included in audited financial statements. Findings -The results indicate a statistically significant increase in the number of footnotes in the positive direction. Because of this increase, a changing trend of increased transparency is suggested in South East Asia. Originality/value -In 2002 the USA passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to promote corporate responsibility for financial reporting. Some see this US legislation creating a ripple effect on financial reporting in other countries. The findings of this study suggest a changing trend of increased transparency in financial reporting in South East Asia. Although this trend cannot be directly attributed to the effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, it appears to be related to a larger, more transcendent worldwide reform movement towards increased corporate responsibility and financial reporting to which the Sarbanes-Oxley Act appears to have served as a catalyst.
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