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Audit Firms

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Audit firms are professional service organizations that provide independent examination and verification of financial statements and records of businesses and organizations. They ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulations, enhance the reliability of financial reporting, and offer assurance services to stakeholders regarding the accuracy and integrity of financial information.
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Audit firms are professional service organizations that provide independent examination and verification of financial statements and records of businesses and organizations. They ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulations, enhance the reliability of financial reporting, and offer assurance services to stakeholders regarding the accuracy and integrity of financial information.

Key research themes

1. How do audit firm characteristics influence audit quality and client perceptions?

This research area investigates how intrinsic attributes of audit firms—such as size, industry specialization, tenure, fees, brand reputation, and internal governance practices—affect audit quality outcomes and how clients perceive audit services. It assesses measurable audit quality through proxy variables like audit fees, KAM readability, fraud constraints, and client retention, emphasizing the interplay between audit firm capabilities and stakeholder expectations.

Key finding: This paper empirically finds that audit firm industry specialization leads to significantly higher financial reporting quality and audit quality, although it does not significantly constrain earnings management. It... Read more
Key finding: The study reveals no significant influence of audit firm size and auditor industry specialization on audit quality in Indonesian SOEs, contrasting prior findings in listed firms. It highlights the need to consider other... Read more
Key finding: This study provides empirical evidence that attributes such as female audit partner involvement, audit by Big 4 firms, and higher audit fees positively impact the readability of Key Audit Matters (KAM) disclosures, indicating... Read more
Key finding: The empirical results identify audit tenure and fees as significant factors affecting audit quality, measured by the issuance of going concern opinions, while auditor specialization and rotation show nuanced impacts. The... Read more

2. What are the governance and oversight roles of audit committees in relation to internal auditing and audit quality?

This theme focuses on the interplay between audit committees and internal audit functions, exploring how committee characteristics such as expertise, tenure, and diligence influence internal audit investment and overall audit quality. It also investigates the practical versus theoretical roles of audit committees in governance, emphasizing how real-world committee dynamics affect audit oversight effectiveness.

Key finding: Using a sample of 181 SEC registrants, the study shows that more audit committee meetings positively correlate with internal audit budgets, while the presence of audit experts and longer committee tenure negatively relate to... Read more
Key finding: By applying practice theory, this paper critiques the overemphasis on best practices in audit committee research, revealing a gap between prescribed roles and actual practices (‘praxis’). It emphasizes that audit committees... Read more
Key finding: The study empirically demonstrates that the disclosure of more Key Audit Matters (KAMs) in audit reports leads to increased audit costs, and this relationship is significantly moderated by corporate governance variables such... Read more

3. How are audit quality and auditor independence affected by reputational economics, regulatory frameworks, and market dynamics?

This cross-cutting area examines the ‘dark side’ of audit provision where private auditor incentives may conflict with public interest despite reputational concerns. It includes analyses of regulatory reforms (e.g., EU law, PCAOB inspections), auditor-client relationships, and market-structural factors influencing audit independence, fraud detection, and quality control in various legal and economic contexts.

Key finding: The paper theorizes that despite reputation concerns at the firm level, auditing partners may rationally engage in superficial audits due to conflicting incentives, creating systemic auditor-client collusion risks. Empirical... Read more
Key finding: This critical analysis reveals that EU reforms aimed at separating audit and consultancy services and enforcing audit rotation intend to mitigate conflicts of interest and auditor independence threats. However, it highlights... Read more
Key finding: Using multiple PCAOB inspection rounds, this study finds that small audit firms without quality control deficiencies command higher audit fees both before and after inspections, suggesting that PCAOB inspections influence... Read more
Key finding: This literature review identifies that power asymmetries favor client management in auditor-client negotiations, potentially compromising auditor independence. It argues that auditors may sacrifice independence to maintain... Read more

All papers in Audit Firms

Our study contributes by providing new insights into the relationship between the individual levels of the antecedents and how the intention of whistleblowing is moderated by perceived organizational support (POS), team norms (TNs) and... more
This paper investigates how tacit knowledge, especially experience and know-how, is transferred and disseminated among auditors in audit firms in Sweden and Vietnam. Basing on a qualitative study, mainly through interviews, the paper... more
Ana Sofia Valente Cunha Silva Doutoranda do Programa Doutoral em Contabilidade conjunto da Universidade de Aveiro e da Universidade do Minho, Departamento de Economia, Gestão, Engenharia Industrial e Turismo da Universidade de Aveiro,... more
Audit quality is crucial for upholding the integrity of the audit profession. However, due to its complex nature, auditing firms find it challenging to integrate audit quality as part of their organizational mandates. The main purpose of... more
O presente estudo dispos-se a averiguar qual o reflexo que a opiniao modificada tem em empresas listadas na B3 (Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao). Para a construcao deste trabalho foram analisadas as 441 empresas que encontram-se listadas no sitio... more
The activity of internal audit has as its main focus to advise the company towards efficiency, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. Based on the Attie (2012) statements that, normally, internal audit activities rested much more on... more
A atividade de auditoria interna tem como foco principal o assessoramento a empresa para a eficiencia, eficacia e economicidade. Partindo das afirmacoes de Attie (2012) que, geralmente, as atividades da auditoria interna repousavam muito... more
Objetivo : Analisar o impacto da qualidade da auditoria na rendibilidade das acoes, medida em funcao das demonstracoes financeiras serem ou nao auditadas por uma das big 4 , verificando ainda se esta relacao se altera de acordo com a... more
Objetivo: Analisar o impacto da qualidade da auditoria na rendibilidade das ações, medida em função das demonstrações financeiras serem ou não auditadas por uma das big 4, verificando ainda se esta relação se altera de acordo com a... more
Objetivo : Analisar o impacto da qualidade da auditoria na rendibilidade das acoes, medida em funcao das demonstracoes financeiras serem ou nao auditadas por uma das big 4 , verificando ainda se esta relacao se altera de acordo com a... more
Depois dos escândalos financeiros ocorridos no princípio do século XXI tanto nos EUA como na Europa, percebeu-se que era necessário encontrar soluções para restaurar a confiança no trabalho dos auditores e no relato financeiro. Uma das... more
Esta pesquisa analisou a influência do estresse ocupacional no ceticismo profissional de auditores independentes. Realizou-se uma pesquisa descritiva, survey com abordagem quantitativa. O estudo foi realizado com auditores independentes... more
Rodízio dAS fiRmAS de AuditoRiA e o GeReNCiAmeNto de ReSultAdoS No BRASil
The independent audit rotation in Brazil was initiated by the Banco Central do Brasil (BACEN) because of the corporative scandals that demonstrated great vulnerabilities on the issuance of financial statements of financial institutions,... more
The independent audit rotation in Brazil was initiated by the Banco Central do Brasil (BACEN) because of the corporative scandals that demonstrated great vulnerabilities on the issuance of financial statements of financial institutions,... more
Rodízio dAS fiRmAS de AuditoRiA e o GeReNCiAmeNto de ReSultAdoS No BRASil
Rodízio dAS fiRmAS de AuditoRiA e o GeReNCiAmeNto de ReSultAdoS No BRASil
Rodízio dAS fiRmAS de AuditoRiA e o GeReNCiAmeNto de ReSultAdoS No BRASil
Our study contributes by providing new insights into the relationship between the individual levels of the antecedents and how the intention of whistleblowing is moderated by perceived organizational support (POS), team norms (TNs) and... more
Num mundo globalizado, a competitividade tem levado empresas a reverem as formas de organização, não mais limitando as preocupações aos preços dos produtos, mas atentando também para a qualidade destes. O consumidor busca a empresa que... more
Num mundo globalizado, a competitividade tem levado empresas a reverem as formas de organizacao, nao mais limitando as preocupacoes aos precos dos produtos, mas atentando tambem para a qualidade destes. O consumidor busca a empresa que... more
O estudo objetiva verificar a relação entre honorários de auditoria e de honorários de não auditoria com o desempenhoeconômico de empresas listadas na BM&FBOVESPA. Para tanto, realizouse uma pesquisa descritiva, documental e quantitativa... more
The study aims to investigate the relationship between audit fees and non-audit fees to the economic performance of companies listed on BM & FBOVESPA. Therefore, we carried out a descriptive, document and quantitative research through the... more
O objetivo do presente estudo consiste em verificar o efeito da troca da firma de auditoria no nível de gerenciamento de resultados das companhias brasileiras listadas na BM&FBovespa. Para tanto, realizou-se uma pesquisa descritiva, com... more
Devido à importância da auditoria para o bom funcionamento do mercado de capitais, os aspectos que contribuem ou prejudicam a qualidade dos serviços prestados pelas firmas de auditoria vêm sendo objeto de preocupação e estudo entre os... more
This paper investigates how tacit knowledge, especially experience and know-how, is transferred and disseminated among auditors in audit firms in Sweden and Vietnam. Basing on a qualitative study, mainly through interviews, the paper... more
The independent auditing is a basic element for the confirmation and credibility of the accounting demonstrations prepared by the audited enterprise. Before that, the objective of this study is to investigate how the reports of... more
O estudo objetiva verificar a relação entre honorários de auditoria e de honorários de não auditoria com o desempenhoeconômico de empresas listadas na BM&FBOVESPA. Para tanto, realizouse uma pesquisa descritiva, documental e quantitativa... more
The study aims to investigate the relationship between audit fees and non-audit fees to the economic performance of companies listed on BM & FBOVESPA. Therefore, we carried out a descriptive, document and quantitative research through the... more
O objetivo do presente estudo consiste em verificar o efeito da troca da firma de auditoria no nível de gerenciamento de resultados das companhias brasileiras listadas na BM&FBovespa. Para tanto, realizou-se uma pesquisa descritiva, com... more
In the audit industry, the reputation of the different players is of paramount importance, as customers tend to rely on ' social proof ' of competence rather than attempting directly to assess the quality of audit work. The relevance of... more
The independent auditing is a basic element for the confirmation and credibility of the accounting demonstrations prepared by the audited enterprise. Before that, the objective of this study is to investigate how the reports of... more
The approval of Law n. 11638/07 has accelerated the convergence process of local standards to international accounting standards. In order to reach this convergence the accounting regulatory bodies in Brazil have promulgated a set of... more
Nota: este artigo foi aceito pelo Editor Científico Poueri do Carmo Mário e passou por uma avaliação double blind review.
O presente estudo tem como objetivo investigar se a regulacao exercida pelo Estado nas companhias abertas de alguns setores especificos impacta na existencia de maiores ou menores inconformidades nos relatorios dos auditores... more
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Este estudo objetivou analisar a relacao entre o gerenciamento de resultados adotado pelas empresas e a capacidade do auditor de evidenciar a diminuicao da qualidade da informacao contabil, atraves da emissao de relatorios de auditoria... more
O rodízio de firmas de auditoria foi introduzido no Brasil por ocasião dos escândalos corporativos de instituições financeiras na emissão das demonstrações contábeis e adotado pela CVM - Comissão de Valores Mobiliários às empresas... more
O auditor emite parecer com ressalva e/ou paragrafos de enfase quando, em sua opiniao, encontram motivos que afetam as demonstracoes contabeis e/ou quando ocorre incerteza em relacao a algum fato relevante sobre a realidade economica e... more
Nota: este artigo foi aceito pelo Editor Científico Poueri do Carmo Mário e passou por uma avaliação double blind review.
The approval of Law n. 11638/07 has accelerated the convergence process of local standards to international accounting standards. In order to reach this convergence the accounting regulatory bodies in Brazil have promulgated a set of... more
Brand is considered as an adding value factor in the consumer market. It is considered as a profitability enhancing factor from the organizations’ points of view and an element that will make consumers willing to pay a price premium. What... more
El objetivo de esta investigación es identificardeterminantes de los costos de auditoría (non audit FEE) delas empresas brasileñas. La muestra contempló informacionesde las empresas en la BM&FBOVESPA, que resulta dela fusión entre la São... more
RESUMO: O mundo dos negócios nos últimos anos foi surpreendido por escândalos contábeis que causaram a queda de confiança por parte dos investidores nas demonstrações e números informados pelas empresas. A descoberta de fraudes contábeis... more
Objetivo: Esta pesquisa busca analisar os fatores que podem influenciar a presença das grandes firmas de auditoria contábil no mercado de asseguração externa dos Relatórios de Sustentabilidade (RS) no Brasil. Método: A amostra compõe-se... more
Este estudo busca responder quais os motivos que levam as empresas de auditoriaindependente a cancelarem o registro na Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM).Trata-se de uma contribuição sobre um tema atual no âmbito da academia, que versa... more
This study pursues to explain the reasons why some free auditing firms unregisteredthemselves from the CVM. This is a valuable theme for academic scenario considering thequantitative data verified. The research used information from... more
Este estudo busca responder quais os motivos que levam as empresas de auditoriaindependente a cancelarem o registro na Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM).Trata-se de uma contribuição sobre um tema atual no âmbito da academia, que versa... more
This paper is aimed at evaluating the degree of independent audit services concentration in the Brazilian capital market between 2000 and 2009, and raising positive and negative aspects associated with this concentration. The empirical... more
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