5.7. Advantages of the IFRS for SMEs
There are many expected advantages of applying international reporting standards, such as improved transparency, comparability, and quality of financial information, which will help in making efficient investment decisions and lower the cost of capital for entities as discussed and cited in the literature review part (Jermakowicz & Gornik-Tomaszewski, 2006; Poroy Arsoy & Sipahi, 2007; Ballas et al., 2010; Müllerova et al., 2010; Navarro-Garcia & Bastida, 2010; Rezaee et al., 2010; Uyar & Güngörmüş, 2013). A 10-item list was created based on those prior studies as presented in Table 5. The respondents were asked to evaluate statements on a five-point Likert scale from 1 to 5 (1=strongly disagree, 5=strongly agree).