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Biggest is Best? Strategic Assumptions and Actions in the Canadian Audit Industry
Author(s) -
Greenwood Royston,
Cooper David J.,
Hinings C. R.,
Brown John L.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
canadian journal of administrative sciences / revue canadienne des sciences de l'administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.347
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1936-4490
pISSN - 0825-0383
DOI - 10.1111/j.1936-4490.1993.tb00036.x
Subject(s) - audit , political science , humanities , economy , business , economics , accounting , philosophy
The paper examines the stated reasons for recent mergers between members of the (former) Big Eight accounting firms. The reasons are expressed in terms of hypotheses about the perceived advantages of very large size and the hypotheses are tested using 1986‐9 data from the top 1000 Canadian companies. The focus of the paper is thus on the link between perceptions, merger behaviour, and the history and trends of the audit industry. Résumé Cet article examine les raisons invoquées pour les fusions récentes entre les membres des (autrefois) grosses huit maisons de comptabilité. Les raisons sont énoncées en termes hypothètiques des avantages perçu de la grosseur; les hypothèses sont examinées utilisant les statistiques de 1986‐9 des 1000 plus grosses compagnies canadiennes. Cet article se concentre sur les liens entre les perceptions, la fusion conduite, l'histoire et les orientations de l'industrie de vérification.

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