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1、外文文献翻译译文一、外文原文原文:EconomicconsequencesofinternetfinancialreportingThelastfifteenyearsorsohaveseenenormousdevelopmentoftheInternetandanincreasingacceptancebyitsusers.MajorcharacteristicsoftheInternetarethatinformationcanbeaccessed(almost)anytimeandeverywhere,andgenerally
2、atalowcost,theinformationisup-to-date;therearefewlimitsondataavailability;informationcanincludedynamicpresentationsandmultimedia;andthereisthepossibilityofinteractiveinformationdemandandsupply.Thesedevelopmentshaveapossibilityofinteractiveinformationdemandandsupply.The
3、sedevelopmentshaveasignificanteffectonthedisseminationofinformationandonthetradingofgoods,includingshares,andthusontheorganizationalstructuresofhowtheseactivitiesareperformed.Theyalsoopenupnewandastoundingopportunitiesforfinancialdisclosurethataffectallinterestedpartie
4、s,notablycorporations,investors,auditors,andinformationintermediaries.Variousstudiesshowthatmostlistedcorporationsnowdisclosefinancialinformationontheirwebsites,andthatthelevelofdisclosurehasincreasedoverthelastyears.TheInternethasprobablybecometheprimarysourceforusers
5、searchingforcorporatefinancialreports.Companiesinvestsubstantialresourcesinthedevelopmentoftheirwebsites,andcomeupwithinnovativewaystopresentfinancialinformation.WhiletheacceptanceofInternetdisclosurehasincreased,mostoftheinformationprovidedisstillsubstantiallythesamet
6、hatisavailablefromothersources,too.Therearemanyopportunitiesforthispracticetochange.Empiricalstudiessuggestadeclineinthevalueoftraditionalfinancialreports.(Lev,Zarowin1999)ReducingboundariesforgeneratinganddisseminatinginformationbyInternettechnologiesmayprovidetheoppo
7、rtunitytochangethetraditionalfinancialreportingmodel.Forinstance,Elliottconcludesthat“Informationtechnology(IT)ischangingeverything,”(e.g.Elliot1999)andTritesseesashiftfromthePacioliparadigmtotheGoogleparadigm(Trites2004).WiththeadventofExtensibleBusinessReportingLangu
8、age(XBRL)asastandardizeddatadescriptionformatforfinancialreporting,therearemanystudiesthatdescribethistechnologyandpr