Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC Paris, n° 904Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HECThe dominance of English as a lingua franca in international business exchanges is so commonly accepted that there has been no investigation into the use of English as an external financial reporting language in non-English speaking countries. In this study we analyze the factors associated with the publication of an English-language annual report in non-English-speaking countries. Using a sample of 3,994 firms from 27 countries in 2003, we find that about 50% of the sample firms issue annual reports in English. Our findings suggest that the decision to publish an English annual report is related to the internationalization process (via foreign sales), language ...
Globalisation and rapidly changing economic environment force businesses to look for new survival or...
The unprecedented spread of the use of English in business worldwide has been accompanied by an incr...
That much communication in international business, particularly in multinational companies, takes pl...
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC Paris, n° 904Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HECThe dominance of Eng...
International audienceWe investigate the economic consequences of increasing financial report visibi...
International audienceIn this paper, we investigate the economic consequences of using English as an...
International audienceThis study investigates the economic consequences of non-English-speaking comp...
International business is one of the main domains in which English is used inits function as today’s...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show the development of English as the main international ...
Cross-border M&As were deemed an appropriate setting for this study as they are an important form of...
English is the language of global business. Nevertheless, we need more than language in order to com...
Much of the current research into language management in multinational companies (MNCs) focuses on t...
° The authors thank Infinancials (www.infinancials.com) for extracting the data on annual reports fo...
Japanese companies are internationalising and becoming increasingly involved in global business. It ...
This paper discusses the increasing use of English as a Business Lingua Franca (BELF). In particular...
Globalisation and rapidly changing economic environment force businesses to look for new survival or...
The unprecedented spread of the use of English in business worldwide has been accompanied by an incr...
That much communication in international business, particularly in multinational companies, takes pl...
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC Paris, n° 904Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HECThe dominance of Eng...
International audienceWe investigate the economic consequences of increasing financial report visibi...
International audienceIn this paper, we investigate the economic consequences of using English as an...
International audienceThis study investigates the economic consequences of non-English-speaking comp...
International business is one of the main domains in which English is used inits function as today’s...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show the development of English as the main international ...
Cross-border M&As were deemed an appropriate setting for this study as they are an important form of...
English is the language of global business. Nevertheless, we need more than language in order to com...
Much of the current research into language management in multinational companies (MNCs) focuses on t...
° The authors thank Infinancials (www.infinancials.com) for extracting the data on annual reports fo...
Japanese companies are internationalising and becoming increasingly involved in global business. It ...
This paper discusses the increasing use of English as a Business Lingua Franca (BELF). In particular...
Globalisation and rapidly changing economic environment force businesses to look for new survival or...
The unprecedented spread of the use of English in business worldwide has been accompanied by an incr...
That much communication in international business, particularly in multinational companies, takes pl...