Abstract

At the present stage of global development there is a transition from understanding the financial statements of enterprises not only as a source of quantitative indicators of the company’s development but also as a reputable tool for its reliability and readiness for transparent relations with counterparties. Investment decision-making has always been characterized by balancing profitability and reliability of capital investment. Accordingly, this requires increasing emphasis on the quality and complexity of companies’ financial reporting, allowing you to maximize the amount of information provided to potential investors. The article aims to test the hypothesis about the impact of qualitative characteristics of financial reporting on the attractiveness of companies to investors. The study analyzes the evolution of financial reporting, the causes and consequences of innovative approaches to its preparation, and the dissemination of national and international standards. The second stage of the analysis involves modeling the impact of financial reporting and investment attractiveness of enterprises at the national level through economic and mathematical modeling (the specificity of the model is determined by testing the quantitative input data). According to the results of the study of financial reporting quality indicators, the general parameter is the strength of auditing and reporting standards, which the World Economic Forum assesses based on a survey of business leaders. Indicators of the country’s investment attractiveness calculated by the World Bank’s global statistical base were chosen as dependent variables. Calculations are performed on panel data for a sample of more than 20 countries (Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Estonia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Morocco, Mexico, Mongolia, New Zealand, Romania, Turkey, United States) over ten years. The obtained results of calculations are the basis for finding ways to improve further the quality of financial and nonfinancial disclosure of companies to increase their competitiveness in the investment market.

Keywords: financial reporting, investment attractiveness, quality, standards, innovation, modeling

JEL Classification: G11, M10, O30.

Cite as: Ibrahimov, Z., Hajieva, S., Nazarov, V., Mazanov, A., & Baghirov, J. (2022). Quality and Innovations in the Financial Reporting as a Way to Increase Attractiveness for Institutional Investors. Marketing and Management of Innovations, 2, 244-254. https://doi.org/10.21272/mmi.2022.2-22

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