This study investigates the disclosure practices toward disclosing forecast information in the narrative sections of the annual reports for industrial and service companies for the year 2007. Additionally, this study examines the determinants of disclosing forecast information for the companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) by encompassing information asymmetry, proprietary cost and corporate governance characteristics. The results document that forecast disclosures are positively related to growth opportunities, role duality, and company size, but it is negatively related to competition rate and performance.

This study aimed to investigate the impact of the characteristics of the board of directors represented by size of board of directors, financial experience, and board of directors' meetings on earnings management measured by Jones' modified model. The study also aimed to find out the impact of ownership concentration on the relationship between the board of directors' characteristics combined and the earnings management in Jordanian industrial companies listed on Amman Stock Exchange. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, a quantitative analytical method was applied. The study was applied to a sample of 41 industrial companies where their data were available during the period of study from 2013 to 2017. The findings indicated that the characteristics of the board of directors combined influenced on the earnings management in Jordanian industrial companies listed on Amman Stock Exchange. Moreover, the size of the board of directors and the financial experience had some effects on earnings management in Jordanian industrial companies listed on Amman Stock Exchange. However, the board of directors' meetings had no meaningful effect on earnings management in Jordanian industrial companies listed on Amman Stock Exchange. It was also found that family ownership concentration had an impact on the relationship between the characteristics of the board of directors combined and earnings management in Jordanian industrial companies listed on Amman Stock Exchange. The study concluded a number of recommendations, the most important of which is to encourage the competent bodies and the boards of directors in the public shareholding companies to pay more attention to the development of more legislation that focus on earnings quality by reducing earnings management practices. In addition, it is necessary to identify penalties for cases of manipulation and distortion in the financial statements which reduce the use of illegal techniques and attract investors.

This study aims at investigating the impact of the IFRS (15) on the quality of accounting information in terms of relevance and faithful representation. To achieve the study objectives, a questionnaire is designed and distributed randomly on the study sample which includes (100) of external auditors of the Big Four audit companies in Jordan using the descriptive analytical approach. The study hypotheses are tested through the Simple Regression Test and the One Sample T-Test. The study results indicate a statistically significant impact of the implementation of the IFRS 15 on improving the quality of accounting information from the perspective of external auditors at the Big Four audit companies in Jordan. Moreover, the study finds that there is a statistically significant impact of the implementation of the IFRS 15 on improving the relevance and faithful representation of accounting information included in the reports. Moreover, the study findings also show that Jordanian companies face statistically significant difficulties for the implementation of standard 15 when preparing their financial statements. The researchers have also reached many recommendations; the most important of which suggest to inform investors and other decision makers of the results of the study to help them rationalize their investment decisions and raise their awareness about IFRS 15.

This study was aimed at investigating the impact of creative accounting methods called "Earnings Management and Income Smoothing" on earnings per share in the Jordanian industrial companies. The model of Dechow et al. (1995) [Dechow, P. M., Sloan, R. G., & Sweeney, A. P. (1995). Detecting earnings management. Accounting Review, 70(2), 193-225.] was adopted to measure earnings management, and the model of Francis et al. (2004)

IAS 39 has been described as being the most difficult standard to be implemented and understand The main aims of this research were to examine the effect of the implementation of IAS 39 on the investment's decisions of individuals and institutions in Jordan; to evaluate the understanding of IAS 39 by Jordanian investors and the effect of their understanding upon their investment decisions; and to examine the effect of some factors such as the degree of knowledge and the nature (individual or institution) of the investor on the degree of understanding of this IAS because. In the current study, Firstly, the results supported the first hypothesis that the implementation of IAS 39 would affect the reported profits of companies and, consequently, Jordanian investors would decrease their investment in these companies. Secondly, no significant differences were found between different fields of education, different professional certificates, and different years of experience with regards to the understanding of the implementation of IAS 39 and its effect; but, statistical differences were found between different levels of education at the 5% level, and between individual and institutional investors at the 10% level.