Corporate Narrative Reporting

This book presents a comprehensive and expert-led insight into the role, types, practices and determinants of corporate narrative reporting (CNR). It provides a detailed overview of the importance of narrative disclosure in understating the full annual report and, consequently, company performance and future prospects.

Introduction. Part 1: Narrative Reporting: The State of the Art. 1. Corporate Narrative Reporting: Nature and Related Costs. 2. Searching for Regulation in Corporate Narrative Reporting for Charitable Organisations in the past: A Historical Exploration in Italy and the UK. 3. Forward-Looking Disclosure: Nature, Determinants and Consequences. 4. Risk Reporting Quality: A Review of Current Practices, Trends and Future Directions for Research. 5. Corporate Governance and Narrative Disclosure Features: A Literature Review. 6. Extended Auditor Reports and Key Audit Matters Disclosure as Complements to Corporate Narrative Reporting. Part 2: Empirical Research on Narrative Reporting. 7. The Readability of Narrative Disclosures and Earnings Management: Empirical Evidence from the GCC Banking Sector. 8. The Determinants of Forward-Looking Narrative Reporting in Annual Reports of Emerging Countries: Evidence from India. 9. A Comparison of Integrated Reporting Practices in Japan and the UK. 10. Disclosure Trends in Intellectual Capital Disclosure: A Focus on the Asian Markets. 11. Do Integrated Financial and Extra-Financial Narrative Disclosures in the Management Commentary affect Firm Valuation? International Evidence. Part 3: Narrative Sustainability Reporting. 12. An Exploratory Study on Climate-related Financial Disclosures: International Evidence. 13. Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility Disclosure: A Literature Review with a Particular Emphasis on China and Social Media Disclosure. 14. Accounting for Sustainable Development (ASD) Practices: Theoretical Emergence and Development. 15. The Relationships between Corporate Narrative Reporting Practices and Sustainable Business Models. Part 4: Narrative Reporting in Times of Crisis. 16. Changes in Governance of Corporate Risks: Evidence from British Petroleum's Response to the Deepwater Horizon Incident through Narrative Reporting. 17.Examining the Directors' Remuneration Reports: The case of Thomas Cook. 18. Digital Narrative Reporting and Legitimation Tactics in Dieselgate Time(s). 19. A Content Analysis of Narrative COVID-19 Disclosure in Omani Islamic Banks.