Abstract
Standards-setters, regulators and academics believe that corporate websites may enhance the flow of voluntary disclosure to the capital market and other stakeholders. Management's use of corporate websites for investor relations purposes is a common practice, yet we know little about how these websites affect investors. In this study, we analyse seven corporate websites disclosures categories to examine their predictive ability and their value relevance. The results show that the key non-financial statistics, projected information, information on intangible assets, social and environmental information, are associated with future revenue, future earnings and contemporaneous stock return. The paper contributes to the growing literature on websites disclosure and more generally to the literature on voluntary and strategic disclosure.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-32 |
Number of pages | 32 |
Journal | International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 14 Nov 2013 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 14 Nov 2013 |
Keywords
- Content analysis
- Corporate websites
- Information content
- Voluntary disclosure
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics and Econometrics
- Strategy and Management
- Management Science and Operations Research
- Information Systems and Management