Given that the goal of this study was to examine the influence of different factors on a firm’s profitability, we designed a model with three categories of profitability determinants: firm-specific, industry-specific and macroeconomic. The analysis was performed on 9359 firms operating in the Croatian manufacturing industry during the 2006–2015 period. Since the designed model was formulated in a way that encompasses the dynamic aspect of profitability, the General Method of Moments (G.M.M.) dynamic panel estimator was applied. Formulation of such a model adds to the existing literature if one takes into account that a dynamic analysis of the drivers of profitability has not been done using data from the Croatian manufacturing sector. The results of the conducted analysis revealed that a firm’s age, labour cost and industry concentration, as well as G.D.P. growth and inflation, have significant influence on a firm’s profitability.

In this article the authors analysed value relevance of accounting information based on a sample of 97 corporations listed on one of the following capital markets: Ljubljana Stock Exchange, Zagreb Stock Exchange, Sarajevo Stock Exchange, Banja Luka Stock Exchange and Belgrade Stock Exchange. Research results show that accounting information is value relevant on all the observed markets. Value relevance analysis for the period 2005–2010 has shown that there was no increase in the explanatory power of accounting variables, but just the opposite. Research results indicate decreases or large oscillations in the value relevance for the observed period.

The main aim of this study is to analyze how implementation of integrated information systems (IIS) effects management accounting. Findings based on data collected from 108 Croatian firms confirmed that IIS implementation caused significant management accounting changes. Estimated regression models revealed that the most important IIS characteristic were the analytical capabilities since it positively influenced management accounting changes in four dimensions: internal reporting, budgeting, application of modern accounting techniques and management accounting employees’ jobs. The quality of IIS implementation statistically significantly and positively influenced changes related to data collection and internal reporting. In the segment of budgeting, the quality of implementation of specialized budgeting software had significant and positive influence. The only negative correlation found was the one between the uncertainty of business environment and adoption of modern accounting techniques. Findings from this study provide unique insight into effects of IIS implementation in Croatian firms and can be used by different stakeholders. Firms and IIS vendors should put special focus on implementation of business analytics modules in order to achieve comprehensive benefits in management accounting practices. Providers of accountant’s education should consider the fact that contemporary IIS systems’ environment calls for development of additional skills in the area of information technology, business processes and business communication.

In the recent years, reporting and transparency of banks is in the focus of national and international regulators and their aim is to increase the transparency of financial institutions in order to strengthen stability of the banking system. In this paper, the authors used dynamic panel analysis in order to analyze the practice of Internet financial reporting of Croatian banks in the period from 2010 to 2014. Research of Bank's Internet financial reporting practices was carried out at two levels. At the first, descriptive level, the goal of the research was to determine the level as well as trends of Internet financial reporting of 27 Croatian banks during the observed period. It is assumed that the level of Internet financial reporting during the analyzed period increased as a result of stricter regulations in the financial sector. In order to measure the level of financial reporting by banks, Bank Internet financial reporting score was developed on the basis of 45 elements - criteria which are divided into two groups: financial reporting (20 elements) and corporate governance and risks (25 elements). The second goal of the research was to determine factors that significantly affect the practice of Bank Internet financial reporting in Croatia. The authors applied dynamic panel analysis in order to determine the impact of size, profitability, adequacy of capital and ownership structure on the level of Internet financial reporting of banks.

Modelling firm failure, classically defined as bankruptcy, is problematic in the Croatian business environment since the bankruptcy procedure starts at a very late stage of crisis, when a firm liabilities are higher than assets. In order...

The main purpose of this research was to test the content of accounting information (earnings and operating cash flow) in the context of investors' decisions at capital markets. The research is based on event study approach where return volatility index RVI_itis used as measure of market reaction in the period of 10 days before and after publishing the accounting information. The research was done on the sample of companies from CROBEX 10, i.e. on the sample of 10 most traded companies from the Zagreb Stock Exchange in the period 2005-2009. As a general conclusion we can point out that accounting information (earnings and operating cash flow) from annual report has information content since the market reacts to published information with abnormal returns.