Internal Control and Operational Efficiency

被引:130
作者
Cheng, Qiang [1 ]
Goh, Beng Wee [1 ]
Kim, Jae B. [2 ]
机构
[1] Singapore Management Univ, Singapore, Singapore
[2] Lehigh Univ, Bethlehem, PA 18015 USA
关键词
MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS; SECTION; 404; DISCLOSURES; SARBANES-OXLEY ACT; CONTROL DEFICIENCIES; INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT; MANAGERIAL ABILITY; CONTROL WEAKNESS; INDUSTRY; QUALITY; EQUITY;
D O I
10.1111/1911-3846.12409
中图分类号
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号
0202 ;
摘要
In this study, we examine whether internal control over financial reporting affects firm operational efficiency. We find that operational efficiency, derived from frontier analysis, is significantly lower among firms with material weaknesses in internal control relative to firms without such weaknesses. We also find that the remediation of material weaknesses leads to an improvement in operational efficiency. Additional analyses indicate that the negative effect of material weaknesses on operational efficiency is stronger for firms with a greater demand for higher quality information for decision making, for weaknesses that are deemed to be more severe, and to a certain extent, for smaller firms. Overall, our study extends the literature by presenting systematic evidence on the effect of effective internal control on operational efficiency and informs the debate over the costs and benefits of the internal control reporting requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Controle interne et efficience de l'exploitation Les auteurs se demandent si le controle interne exerce sur l'information financiere influe sur l'efficience de l'exploitation de l'entreprise. Ils constatent que l'efficience de l'exploitation, evaluee selon la methode de l'analyse des frontieres, est sensiblement moins elevee chez les entreprises dont le controle interne presente d'importantes deficiences par rapport a celles qui ne presentent pas ces deficiences. Ils observent egalement que le fait de remedier aux deficiences importantes engendre une amelioration de l'efficience de l'exploitation. Des analyses supplementaires indiquent que l'incidence negative des deficiences importantes sur l'efficience de l'exploitation est plus marquee dans le cas des entreprises a l'egard desquelles l'exigence d'information de qualite superieure a des fins decisionnelles est plus elevee, dans celui de deficiences jugees plus serieuses et, dans une certaine mesure, chez les entreprises plus petites. De facon generale, l'etude enrichit la documentation en etablissant un lien systematique entre l'efficacite du controle interne et l'efficience de l'exploitation, et elle alimente la reflexion sur les couts et les avantages des obligations d'information sur le controle interne auxquelles la Loi Sarbanes-Oxley de 2002 assujettit les entreprises.
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页码:1102 / 1139
页数:38
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