Investigating the Consequences of Integrated Reporting Quality on Corporate Valuation and Future Performance of the Company with Emphasis on Complexity Role and External Financing Needs

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
hassan aboalfathi 1
Nowrouz Nourollahzadeh 2
mahboobeh jafari 3
Negar khosravipour 4
1 Accounting group, Kish International Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran
2 Assistant Professor of Accounting, Islamic Azad University, South Tehran, Faculty of Economics and Accounting, Iran
3 Assistant Professor of Accounting, Islamic Azad University, South Tehran, Faculty of Economics and Accounting, Tehran, Iran.
4 Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Branch, Faculty of Economics and Accounting ,Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
The global crises of the last few years have led to public sector reporting now extending across public administration areas such as performance, sustainability, environmental and social reporting, and integrated reporting as the dominant approach. The purpose of this study is to examine the implications of integrated reporting quality on corporate valuation and future corporate performance, with an emphasis on the complexity and needs of external financing.For this purpose, data on companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange and Tehran Stock Exchange for a period of 7 years between 2011 to 2017were extracted for 120 companies and combined data regression model was used to test the hypotheses.The capital market has a positive attitude towards companies that use an integrated reporting approach to present their information. And this positive attitude leads to increased corporate value. Financial statements presented using a set of common accounting standards can help investors better understand the different investment conditions. A positive relationship between company valuation and integrated reporting in the company Higher organizational complexity is stronger, indicating that integrated reporting leads to more transparent and better information delivery in high complexity companies. In fact, integrated reporting can alleviate the problems of companies in need of financing by reducing ethical risk and information asymmetry. The integrated reporting framework integrating financial and non-financial issues plays an important role in improving the performance of the company. Integrated reporting through transparent and comprehensive information enables internal decision makers to make optimal decisions that will improve the performance of the company.
Keywords
"Integrated reporting"
"company evaluation"
" corporate performance"
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