Accounting and Business Research (ABR) is pleased to announce a special edition of academic papers addressing issues relevant
to the development and application of the IASB’s Conceptual Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Reports
(the Framework).
In July 2013 the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) published a Discussion Paper entitled A Review of the Conceptual
Framework for Financial Reporting, as part of renewed efforts on its Conceptual Framework project (see http://www.ifrs.
org/Current-Projects/IASB-Projects/Pages/IASB-Work-Plan.aspx). The IASB is aiming to issue a revised Framework late in 2015.
We seek papers that address aspects of the Framework, including theoretical and practical questions. Theoretical papers may
explore issues relating to the defi nition of the elements of fi nancial statements, recognition, measurement or concepts of capital
as well as disclosure and presentation and any other matters considered important by researchers. Applied papers may seek to
inform the Framework debate on any of these topics by investigating issues arising in practice relating to application of existing
accounting standards.
The Discussion Paper is the fi rst step in a period of intense consultation. The IASB is interested in academic input on all aspects
of the project, to help it to develop the revised Framework. The appendix to this Call for Papers has a list, supplied by the IASB,
of issues in which it has an interest. Potential authors should not be constrained by this list, and nor will preference be given to
papers addressing these specifi c topics. It is included to give an indication of the broad range of issues facing the IASB.
Authors of selected papers entered into the review process for the special issue will be invited to present their work at the
inaugural IASB Research Forum, planned to be held on 2nd October 2014 at Said Business School, Oxford University, England.
Forum participants will have an opportunity which other forums are not able to provide. Participants will not only discuss
their research with academic peers but also with members of the IASB and other practitioners from a regulatory and policy background.
IASB members will provide commentary on each paper. As a consequence, the research work has an enhanced potential
to infl uence the thinking of IASB members and hence the Framework that will guide the setting of IFRSs for many decades. More
information on the forum is available at http://go.ifrs.org/TPS -Research-Forum
Although acceptance of an invitation to present at the Forum is not mandatory, it is strongly encouraged by the guest editors.
Following the Forum, revised papers should be resubmitted to the