Divesh Sharma

Kennesaw State University, School of Accountancy

Kennesaw State University (KSU) - School of Accountancy

Kennesaw, GA 30144

United States

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Audit Partner Rotation and Financial Reporting Quality

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 07 Mar 2014
Barri Litt, Divesh Sharma, Thuy H. Simpson and Paul Tanyi
Nova Southeastern University - H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business & Entrepreneurship, Kennesaw State University, School of Accountancy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte - Department of Accounting
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Audit Quality; Earnings Management; Financial Reporting Quality; Discretionary Accruals; Meet or Beat; Partner Rotation

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The Effect of Governance on Credit Decisions and Perceptions of Reporting Reliability

Behavioral Research in Accounting, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2009
Lori Holder-Webb and Divesh Sharma
Western New England University - Department of Accounting and Finance and Kennesaw State University, School of Accountancy
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governance, experiment, credit decision, reporting quality

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Big 4 Auditor Affiliation and Accruals Quality in Bangladesh

M. Humayun Kabir, Divesh Sharma, Md Ainul Islam, Amirus Salat, (2011), "Big 4 auditor affiliation and accruals quality in Bangladesh", Managerial Auditing Journal, Vol. 26 Iss: 2 pp. 161-181
Number of pages: 1 Posted: 11 Aug 2015
Humayun Kabir, Divesh Sharma, Ainul Islam and Amirus Salat
Auckland University of Technology, Kennesaw State University, School of Accountancy, Victoria University of Welington - School of Accounting and Commercial Law and University of Dhaka
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Bangladesh, Audit quality, Accruals quality, Big 4 affiliates, Investor protection

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The Impact of Acquisitions on Operating Performance: Some Australian Evidence

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The Impact of Acquisitions on Operating Performance: Some Australian Evidence

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 29, pp. 155-200, 2002
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 25 Apr 2002
Divesh Sharma and Jonathan Ho
Kennesaw State University, School of Accountancy and KPMG International, LLP - Department of Auditing
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The Impact of Acquisitions on Operating Performance: Some Australian Evidence

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 29, Nos. 1 & 2, January/March 2002
Posted: 26 Feb 2002
Divesh Sharma and Jonathan Ho
Kennesaw State University, School of Accountancy and KPMG International, LLP - Department of Auditing

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Acquisition; Merger; Operating performance; Cash flow

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The Relative Relevance of Cash Flow and Accrual Information for Solvency Assessments: A Multi-Method Approach

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 30, pp. 1115-1140, September 2003
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 04 Oct 2003
Divesh Sharma and Errol R. Iselin
Kennesaw State University, School of Accountancy and Griffith University, Nathan Campus
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Greater Reliance on Major Customers and Auditor Going Concern Opinions

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 19 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2019
Dan S. Dhaliwal, Paul N. Michas, Vic Naiker and Divesh Sharma
University of Arizona - Department of Accounting (deceased), University of Arizona - Eller College of Management, University of Melbourne - Faculty of Business and Economics and Kennesaw State University, School of Accountancy
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going concern, major customer, financial distress, customer reliance, sales dependence

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Effect of Regulatory Oversight on the Association between Internal Governance Characteristics and Audit Fees

Accounting & Finance, Vol. 48, Issue 1, pp. 51-71, March 2008
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 29 Feb 2008
El'fred Boo and Divesh Sharma
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) - Nanyang Business School and Kennesaw State University, School of Accountancy
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Greater Reliance on Major Customers and Auditor Going Concern Opinions

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 19 Jun 2019
Dan S. Dhaliwal, Paul N. Michas, Vic Naiker and Divesh Sharma
University of Arizona - Department of Accounting (deceased), University of Arizona - Eller College of Management, University of Melbourne - Faculty of Business and Economics and Kennesaw State University, School of Accountancy

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going concern, major customer, financial distress, customer reliance, sales dependence

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Audit Committee Cash Compensation and Propensity of Firms to Beat Earnings by a Large Margin: Conditional Effects of CEO Power and Agency Risks

International Journal of Auditing, Vol. 21, Issue 3, pp. 304-323, 2017
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 10 Oct 2017
Maria F. Rickling and Divesh Sharma
Stetson University and Kennesaw State University, School of Accountancy
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Agency, analyst forecast, audit committee, cash, CEO power, compensation, corporate governance, earnings management, managerial hegemony

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Costs of Mandatory Periodic Audit Partner Rotation: Evidence from Audit Fees and Audit Timeliness

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Forthcoming
Posted: 06 Aug 2016
Divesh Sharma, Paul Tanyi and Barri Litt
Kennesaw State University, School of Accountancy, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte - Department of Accounting and Nova Southeastern University - H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business & Entrepreneurship

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partner rotation; partner change; audit fees; audit report lag; audit firm rotation; audit delay; industry specialist

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Non Audit Services and Auditor Independence

Routledge Companion to Auditing, edited by David Hay, W. Robert Knechel and Marleen Willekens, 2014
Posted: 15 Apr 2014
Divesh Sharma
Kennesaw State University, School of Accountancy

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Non‐Audit Services and Knowledge Spillovers: Evidence from New Zealand

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 39, Issue 1‐2, pp. 60-81, 2012
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 03 Mar 2012
W. Robert Knechel, Divesh Sharma and Vineeta D. Sharma
University of Florida - Fisher School of Accounting, Kennesaw State University, School of Accountancy and Kennesaw State University
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audit, audit quality, non‐audit, fee, knowledge spillover

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The Impact of Non-Mandatory Corporate Governance on Auditors' Client Acceptance, Risk and Planning Judgments

Accounting & Business Research, Vol. 38, No. 2, June 2008
Posted: 27 Mar 2008
Divesh Sharma, El'fred Boo and Vineeta Sharma
Kennesaw State University, School of Accountancy, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) - Nanyang Business School and Florida International University

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agency theory, corporate governance, resource dependence, audit judgment, Sarbanes-Oxley Act

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The Effect of Regulatory Oversight on the Association Between Internal Governance Characteristics and Audit Fees

Accounting & Finance, Vol. 47, 2007
Posted: 12 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2007
El'fred Boo and Divesh Sharma
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) - Nanyang Business School and Kennesaw State University, School of Accountancy

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Audit fees, Internal and external governance, Regulatory oversight

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Professionalism vs Commercialism: The Association between Non-Audit Services (Nas) and Audit Independence

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 28, Nos. 5 & 6, June/July 2001
Posted: 19 May 2002
Divesh Sharma and Jagdish Sidhu
Kennesaw State University, School of Accountancy and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) - Centre for Research in Financial Services (CREFS)

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auditing, audit independence, audit opinion, fees, non-audit services

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The Association between Non-Audit Services and the Propensity of Going Concern Qualifications: Implications for Audit Independence

Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, pp. 143-155, December 2001
Posted: 01 Apr 2002
Divesh Sharma
Kennesaw State University, School of Accountancy

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auditor independence, non-audit service fees, audit fees, going concern qualifications

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The Differential Effect of Environmental Dimensionality, Size, and Structure on Budget System Characteristics in Hotels

Management Accounting Research, Vol. 13, No. 1, March 2002
Posted: 14 Feb 2002
Divesh Sharma
Kennesaw State University, School of Accountancy

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Contingent variables; Service organisations; Path analysis; PEU; Budget system characteristics

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The Decision Usefulness of Reported Cash Flow and Accrual Information in a Behavioural Field Experiment

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The Decision Usefulness of Reported Cash Flow and Accrual Information in a Behavioural Field Experiment

Posted: 10 Nov 2000
Divesh Sharma and Errol R. Iselin
Kennesaw State University, School of Accountancy and Griffith University, Nathan Campus

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The Decision Usefulness of Reported Cash Flow and Accrual Information in a Behavioural Field Experiment

Accounting and Business Research, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 123-135, 2003
Posted: 28 Sep 2003
Divesh Sharma and Errol R. Iselin
Kennesaw State University, School of Accountancy and Griffith University, Nathan Campus

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decision usefulness, information content, accrual information, cash flow, judgement