Annette G. Köhler
University of Duisburg-Essen
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Schmalenbach Business Review | 2005
Annette G. Köhler
This paper shows that due to legal restrictions, audit committee formation in Germany is not only a matter of enhancing monitoring effectiveness, but also a means of increasing Supervisory Board efficiency. This result is linked to some empirical findings derived from a questionnaire developed especially for the survey and sent out to 100 German Supervisory Board/audit committee chairpersons in April 2004. The questionnaire covered the motivation, composition, qualification, organisation, and responsibilities of current German audit committees. The results show that free float, perceived independence of members, and the size of audit committees significantly influence audit committee composition, and that tasks that are mainly auditor-related are treated as supplementary.
Schmalenbach Business Review | 2012
Annette G. Köhler; Nicole V.S. Ratzinger-Sakel
We investigate the impact of three German audit market characteristics on audit and non-audit fees for the years 2005–2007. We find no relation between audit and non-audit fees, which suggests that audit and non-audit fee determination in Germany does not indicate any particular impairment of auditor independence. Further, we find that fee-cutting for initial audit engagements depends significantly on client size. We find no evidence of network-related fee reporting bias due to the ambiguous phrasing of German fee disclosure requirements, which implies that German fee data are internationally comparable.
International Journal of Corporate Governance | 2011
Ulrich Bantleon; Alexander Bassen; Anne d'Arcy; Anja Hucke; Annette G. Köhler; Burkhard Pedell
In reaction to accounting scandals, national and international standard-setters have introduced and enforced additional corporate governance mechanisms in recent years. These regulatory changes have had an especially large effect on external governance mechanisms like disclosure requirements, the accountability of management and board members and statutory audits. For the first time, in Article 41 of the 8th EU Directive, European legislation addressed the relationship between audit committees (which are now mandatory for public-interest entities) and other internal governance mechanisms such as internal controls, the internal audit function, and the risk management system. This study investigates the current level of implementation of the items addressed in the 8th EU Directive within the EU member states. Implementation varies considerably from one jurisdiction to another, and there is no consensus regarding the internal audit function and other internal governance mechanisms within Europe.
Managerial Auditing Journal | 2017
Marc Eulerich; Jörg Henseler; Annette G. Köhler
Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyze how internal audit function (IAF) activities differ, depending on the impact of executive boards (EBs) and audit committees (ACs). Design/methodology/approach This study is based on data collected from the Common Body of Knowledge (CBOK) study conducted by the Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation in 2010. Using 524 responses from US Chief audit executives the authors examine the direct and interaction effects of ACs and EBs on the probability to perform specific activities with a logistic regression model. Findings This manuscript shows that ACs and EBs have different direct and interaction effects on the portfolio of activities performed by the IAF. Furthermore, a varying prevalence among activities was identified, which pinpoints to the maturity of IAFs. All findings contribute to the prior and recent discussion about the position of IAFs between the stakeholders’ AC and EB. Research limitations/implications When the CBOK study was designed by the Institute of Internal Auditors, the investigators did not have the research questions in mind. The authors are therefore limited to those variables that have been collected as part of a larger questionnaire. Nevertheless, the new approach tries to open a new research direction, analyzing different activities performed by IAFs. Practical implications The identified portfolio of IAF activities can help practitioners to double-check their own work and to evaluate the impact of the EB and the AC on their activities. Originality/value This study provides the first empirical evidence of the influence of ACs and EBs on IAF activities.
ZGR : Zeitschrift für Unternehmens-und Gesellschaftsrecht | 2015
Annette G. Köhler
DeutschIm Mittelpunkt des vorliegenden Beitrags stehen drei Probleme, die aus Sicht der Verfasserin mit der Arbeit des IAASB als Herausgeber international einheitlicher Prufungsstandards einhergehen: (1) die sog. Erwartungslucke in Bezug auf die Verantwortlichkeit des Abschlussprufers und die damit verbundenen Implikationen fur das IAASB, (2) die generell unterschiedlichen Anreize der von den herausgegebenen Standards betroffenen Stakeholder und daraus resultierende Unterschiede bei der Beteiligung der jeweiligen Stakeholder am Standardsetzungsprozess sowie (3) spezielle Unterschiede in den sprachlich und rechtsraumbedingten Anreizen der Stakeholder zur Mitwirkung bei der Entwicklung der Standards. Die Verfasserin zeigt jeweils problemspezifisch auf, inwiefern die Zusammensetzung des Boards, aber auch insbesondere die Arbeitsweise des Boards im Rahmen des sog. Due Process und deren Transparenz geeignet sind, diesen Problemen zu entgegnen und die Tatigkeit des IAASB im Hinblick auf eine Vertretung des offentlichen Interesses zu fordern. EnglishThis paper focuses on three problems that, from the author’s point of view, are inherent to the work of the IAASB as a body that promulgates international auditing standards: (1) the „expectations gap“ related to the responsibilities of the auditor and the related implications for the IAASB; (2) the different incentives of stakeholders affected by the standards and resulting different participation by individual stakeholders in the standard setting process; and (3) specific language and jurisdictional differences in the incentives of individual stakeholders to participate in the standard setting process. The author shows how the IAASB’s composition, and in particular, the IAASB’s mode of operation as part of the IAASB’s due process and the transparency thereof, appropriately address these problems and how these measures contribute to the IAASB’s acting in the public interest.
Archive | 2005
Annette G. Köhler; Heinrich-Stefan Rolvering; Stephan Germann
Insbesondere in Branchen, die durch ein hohes Maβ an Kundenorientierung gekennzeichnet sind, stellt die Vertriebssteuerung als integraler Bestandteil des Controllingsystems eine der Voraussetzungen fur eine zielorientierte Unternehmenssteuerung dar. Angesichts der zwischen den Tarifvertragsparteien vereinbarten Neuordnung der Sparkassensonderzahlung, die eine leistungs- und erfolgsabhangige Ausschuttung des 14. Gehalts vorsieht, gewinnt die Weiterentwicklung von Vertriebssteuerungssystemen in Sparkassen besonders an Bedeutung. Gleichzeitig liegt fur Deutschland bislang kein empirischer Befund fur die Verbreitung von Vertriebssteuerungsmaβnahmen und deren Bedeutung fur den Erfolg von Sparkassen vor.
Zeitschrift für Planung & Unternehmenssteuerung | 2003
Kai-Uwe Marten; Annette G. Köhler
Interne Qualitatssicherung als Gegenstand der externen Qualitatskontrolle im Berufsstand der Wirtschaftsprufer einerseits und Controlling von Wirtschaftspruferpraxen andererseits werden i.A. inhaltlich nicht unmittelbar in Verbindung gebracht. Dabei kann die Aufdeckung inhaltlicher Uberschneidungen durchaus das Verstandnis der externen Qualitatskontrolle fordern. Ausgehend von der Definition von Controlling als Konzept zur Wirkungsverbesserung der Unternehmensleitung, das Fuhrungshilfe bei der Zielbildung, Planung, Kontrolle, Koordination und Information leisten soll, zeigt der vorliegende Beitrag eben diese inhaltlichen Uberschneidungen auf. Dabei wird zunachst die verwendete Definition erlautert und grob in den Kontext der gegenwartig in der Literatur gangigen Auffassungen eingebettet. Im Anschluss daran folgt die Darstellung der normenbasierten Grundlagen und Bestandteile der externen Qualitatskontrolle bei deutschen Wirtschaftspruferpraxen. Diese werden abschliesend entlang der genannten Fuhrungsteilsysteme kategorisiert den jeweiligen Controllingfunktionen gegenubergestellt. Schlussbemerkungen runden den Beitrag ab.
Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft | 2010
Annette G. Köhler; Kai-Uwe Marten; Nicole V. S. Ratzinger; Marco Wagner
Publications of Darmstadt Technical University, Institute for Business Studies (BWL) | 2008
Reiner Quick; Annette G. Köhler; Kai-Uwe Marten; Klaus Ruhnke
Archive | 2009
Annette G. Köhler; Hanno Merkt; Wolfgang P. Böhm