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Preface
preliminarymanagementevaluationregardingtheentity’sabilitytocontinueas
agoingconcern,aswellasanychangestotheentity’sinternalcontrolsystemdue
toCOVID-19.Anothermoremundaneproblemisrelatedtoauditor’saccessto
sufficientlyappropriateauditevidence.Duetothemovementrestrictions,theycould
notvisitthepremisesoftheauditedcompanyinmost,ifnotall,cases.Thismayhave
causedsomepracticalchallengesforobtainingphysicalformsofevidence(ACCA,
2020).
Finally,theongoingCOVID-19crisishasforcedteachersandstudentstoshiftto
onlineteaching,learning,andassessmentenvironmentwithlittleornopriornotice.
Thisnewsituationcanbestressfulforbothsidesandwasrelatedto“thesuddenness
ofthechangesanduncleargoals;lackofinstitutionalguidance;lackoffamiliarity
with/competenceinonlinelearningplatformsandtools;concernsforstudents’well-
-being;technology-relatedproblems”(Sangster,Stoner,andFlood2020,p.446).
Ontheotherhand,ithaspromptedseveralquestionsaboutstudents’preferencesfor,
andsatisfactionwith,differentformsoflearning,andtheimpactofdifferentdelivery
modesonstudentengagement,alienation,performanceandachievements(Sangster
etal.2020).
Themainobjectiveofthismonographwastoprovideaninsightintothe
implicationsoftheCOVID-19pandemiconaccounting,businesspracticeand
education.Themonographconsistsofelevenchaptersthatpresenthowparticular
governments,institutionsandbusinessorganizationshaverespondedtothehealth
crisis,whilesimultaneouslytryingtomaintainpublic’sconfidenceandcontinuityof
theircurrentoperations.
Thefirstchapteridentifiesandanalysesthecurrentimpactoftheeconomic
lockdownandchangesinlegislationonentitiesintheSlovakRepublic.The
authorsanalysedhowthegovernmentremedieshaveinfluencedaccountingpractice
andaccountingeducationatSlovakuniversities,particularlyattheUniversityof
EconomicsinBratislava,whichshiftedfromtraditionalclassroomstoonlineteaching
platforms.TheSlovakRepublichastakenseveralmeasurestopreventnegative
consequencesoftheCOVID-19pandemic,amongothers,byprovidingfinancial
relieftocompanies.Thissituationhasledtotheadoptionofmanynewprovisions
intheSlovaklegislativeframework.Accountantsandauditorswereexpectedto
becomequicklyacquaintedwiththelegislativechangesregulatingtheemergency
measuresintaxation,customsandaccounting.Theprolongationanddeepeningof
thepandemiccrisisalsocreatedopportunityforresearchinvariousareas.
ThesecondchapterprovidesevidencefromGermany.Theauthorsexamined
theimpactofselectedpandemicmeasures(suchastravelbans,economicstimulus
packages,themandatorywearingofmouth-noseprotection,announcementsof
lockdowns,aswellastheeasingofrestrictions)ontheDAXindex.TheDAXincludes
the30largestandmostliquidcompaniesontheGermanstockmarketandrepresents
around80percentofthemarketcapitalisationofthelistedstockcorporationsin
Germany.TheLongShort-TermMemory(LSTM)networktopredictstockpricesof