SFAF Study - IFRS 8 - The segment information practices of the largest European companies

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Content 1. INDICATORS’ USE IN THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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1.1.

Description of indicators used by the firms

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1.2.

The semantic of the indicators.

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2. IDENTIFICATION OF SEGMENTATION USE BY COMPANIES IN THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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2.1.

Criteria used to identify the segments

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2.2.

A sectorial view of segmentation

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2.3.

Changes in segmentation

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3. ELABORATION OF A CLASSIFICATION OF FIRMS.

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3.1.

The methodology

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3.2.

Analysis of the Exclusion Index

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3.3.

Analysis of the unallocated portion of TMAI – Unallocation Index

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4. COMPARISON BETWEEN SEGMENTS AND DIVISIONS IN CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND MEASURED/ITEMS DISCLOSED BESIDE THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 15 4.1.

Redundancy across channels

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4.2.

Analysis of divergences across channels - Harmonization Index

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BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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APPENDIX 1: THE NAMES OF THE INDICATORS USED

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APPENDIX 2: INDEXES I1 AND I2 AND THE INDICATORS

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APPENDIX 3: CLASSIFICATION OF FIRMS

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APPENDIX 4: SEGMENTATION IDENTIFICATION

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APPENDIX 5: INDEXES OF COMPLIANCE AND COMPARABILITY ACROSS COMMUNICATION CHANNELS

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