Fair Value: Is Really More Relevance and Less Reliability?

I review  almost exclusively the empirical research on relevance and reliability of fair value. The purpose of this reiew is to produce pedagogically valuable and give an evaluation whether the count that is really that fair value is less reliable as general, and as evaluation of implementation and preparation of standards, and show the pro and contra on trade off relevance and reliabiltyof fair value clearly.These findings relevance of fair value accounting impact on investor protection, and crisis protect but, the less reliability is affected by less information

Building Partnership or Competition: Village Business Sustainability in Indonesia

Village-owned enterprises are expected to be a forum for village business groups to develop their economic potential. This research aims to understand the reality of village-owned enterprises and their implications for rural businesses. This research focuses on understanding the perspective of other village entities and asking whether these enterprises enhance the rural economy through partnership relationships or become competitors for rural small businesses. This study used a qualitative approach with informants from the village-owned enterprises management and villagers who run small businesses. The results showed that the village-owned enterprises runs a business that resembles the business fields of the villagers. This situation has unconsciously created a sense of competition for both parties. The atmosphere of competition between the two business entities has the potential to hinder the growth of the village’s local economy. This study recommends that village-owned enterprises evaluate their business activities and build a cooperation network for the sustainability of rural businesses. This research contributes to the enrichment and implementation of sustainability by capturing the context of rural business activities in Indonesia

Formal-cultural accountability: a [new] paradigm of public accountability

AbstractThis article aims to reveal the formal-cultural accountability model applied in Ciburial Village. A qualitative approach, more specifically, critical ethnography was used through observations, in-depth interviews and documentary studies to achieve the research objectives. The results of this study show that Ciburial Village has both vertical and horizontal financial reporting accountability, manifested in formal and cultural accountability. Formal accountability is written accountability which is prepared in accordance with formal laws and regulations. The Ciburial Village Government also provides their accountability culturally, in accordance with the traditions and social conditions of the local village community. The value included in the formal-cultural accountability model is ‘sauyunan’ (mutual assistance), which reflects the equality of responsibility since village development belongs to all parties in the village. This model is not limited to fulfilling the responsibilities of village governments as principals to their agents, but also functions to gain public trust in the existence of formal-cultural accountability. Furthermore, public trust will increase participation in village development. The model developed has implications for the transformation model of public accountability, especially for village governments