Integrated reporting: the current state of empirical research, limitations and future research implications
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In: Journal of Management Control, Vol. 28, No. 3, 01.10.2017, p. 275–320.
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T1 - Integrated reporting
T2 - the current state of empirical research, limitations and future research implications
AU - Velte, Patrick
AU - Stawinoga, Martin
PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - In view of the increased demand for non-financial reporting after the financialcrisis of 2008/2009, integrated reporting (IR) plays a key role in managementcontrol and stakeholder relations management. As a consequence of “integrated thinking” IR combines traditional financial accounting with sustainability and corporate governance related issues to enhance the decision usefulness of modern Business reporting. Although there has been steady growth in the awareness of IR Research (Eccles et al. J Appl Corp Finance 27:8–17, 2015), the current state of empirical IR research activities is not well described so far. This literature review evaluates 44 empirical studies on IR which were published especially after the adoption of the IR framework by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) in December 2013. We will briefly introduce the IR research agenda, which provides a clear structure for the analysis of current empirical research activities in this field. For the market, organization and individual/group decision level, we show which factors contribute to IR implementation and IR quality. Furthermore, empirical research focuses on market reactions to IR. We also stress the limitations of the studies and provide useful recommendation for future IR research activities for each level of analysis
AB - In view of the increased demand for non-financial reporting after the financialcrisis of 2008/2009, integrated reporting (IR) plays a key role in managementcontrol and stakeholder relations management. As a consequence of “integrated thinking” IR combines traditional financial accounting with sustainability and corporate governance related issues to enhance the decision usefulness of modern Business reporting. Although there has been steady growth in the awareness of IR Research (Eccles et al. J Appl Corp Finance 27:8–17, 2015), the current state of empirical IR research activities is not well described so far. This literature review evaluates 44 empirical studies on IR which were published especially after the adoption of the IR framework by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) in December 2013. We will briefly introduce the IR research agenda, which provides a clear structure for the analysis of current empirical research activities in this field. For the market, organization and individual/group decision level, we show which factors contribute to IR implementation and IR quality. Furthermore, empirical research focuses on market reactions to IR. We also stress the limitations of the studies and provide useful recommendation for future IR research activities for each level of analysis
KW - Management studies
KW - Integrated reporting
KW - Legitimization theory
KW - Institutional theory
KW - Behavioural decision theoryq
KW - Resource dependency theory
KW - Empirical Research
KW - Sustainability Science
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84968547367&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s00187-016-0235-4
DO - 10.1007/s00187-016-0235-4
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 28
SP - 275
EP - 320
JO - Journal of Management Control
JF - Journal of Management Control
SN - 2191-4761
IS - 3
ER -