International accounting: cultural differences and financial disclosure

Select and discuss a current issue in international accounting: cultural differences and financial disclosure requirements and its impact on the international convergence of accounting standards.

Research/find a minimum of at least 10 peer-reviewed journal articles on your topic. (It is preferred that you use at least 5 different journals/resources). The research must be conducted using peer-reviewed trade, online CPA journals, accounting organizations, academic journals, and other reliable online resources. While Blogs, Wikipedia, encyclopedias, popular magazines, newspaper articles, online websites, etc., are helpful for providing background information, these resources MAY NOT be suitable resources for this research assignment. The article(s) must be current/published within the last five (5) years. (The one exception is for the history of chosen topic.)