Introduction: accounting, banking and corporate financial management in emerging economies / Victor Murinde -- Goodwill on consolidation as an indicator of progress in transition economies: evidence from Polish listed group financial statements / Mark Schroeder -- Lending decisions and accounting information: evidence from Bangladesh / Mohammad H. A. Khan and Shahzad Uddin -- Quarterly financial reporting: a survey of Malaysian users and preparers / Ku Nor Izah Ku Ismail and Roy Chandler -- Post-colonial accounting development and the nexus of domestic-global interests in emerging economies / Shahrokh M. Saudagaran and Joselito Diga -- Corporate mandatory disclosure by financial institutions in Uganda / Samuel Sejjaaka -- Acceptance of international accounting standard-setting: emerging economies versus developed countries / Nadine A. Fry and Roy Chandler -- The impact of capitol requirements on bank behavior: evidence from Jordan / Hadeel Yaseen and Andy W. Mullineux -- Regulatory intervention and resolution of failed banks in Uganda / Martin Brownbridge -- Micro and small enterprise development in sub-Saharan Africa: a macro-analysis / Tidings P. Ndhlovu and Emmanuel Cleeve -- Risk behavior and group formation in micro-credit groups in Eritrea / Robert Lensink and Habteab T. Mehrteab -- Impact of investment in information technology on bank productivity and profitability: evidence from Jordan / Ahmad Mashal -- The response of financial savings to financial sector liberalization / Thomas Bwire and Caleb Tamwesigire -- The impact of access to credit on household welfare in rural Vietnam / M. H. Quach and A. W. Mullineux -- The implications of the 'one size fits all' microfinance lending model on enterprise formarion and growth: an analysis of the liquidity problems of microenterprises / Patrick Ryan -- Prediction of corporate financial distress: evidence from Malaysian listed firms during the Asian financial crisis / Yusuf Karbhari and Zulkarnain Muhamad Sori -- A portfolio approach to firms' financing decisions: evidence from India using the almost ideal demand system / Tomoe Moore and Christopher J. Green -- Selfishness or co-operation: trade credit in manufacturing firms in Eritrea / Sebhatleab Tewolde and Henk von Eije -- The small-firm and price-earning effects: evidence from African stock markets / Chipo Mlambo and Nicholas Biekpe -- Company financial structures in emerging economies: evidence from a comparative analysis of Thai and Malay companies / Sanjiva Prasad, Christopher J. Green and Victor Murinde -- Measuring the cost of equity in frontier financial markets / Daryl Collins.