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Institutionalisation of XBRL in the USA and UK

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  • Aminah Abdullah
  • Iqbal Khadaroo
  • Junaid Shaikh

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This paper examines the institutionalisation of extensible business reporting language (XBRL) in the USA and UK. It finds that there are variations in the adoption of XBRL, primarily arising from institutional differences and support between the two countries. XBRL seems to have taken deeper root in the USA than the UK primarily because of the relatively stronger institutional 'coercive' pressures. We argue that 'normative' pressures, from the accounting profession, only play a supportive role in the institutionalisation process but do not determine XBRL adoption. Thus, we conclude that mandating XBRL by regulators and obtaining greater support from the accounting profession, software developers and other interest groups are required for the future success of XBRL.

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  • Aminah Abdullah & Iqbal Khadaroo & Junaid Shaikh, 2009. "Institutionalisation of XBRL in the USA and UK," International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 1(3), pages 292-304.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:injmfa:v:1:y:2009:i:3:p:292-304
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    1. Yang Qiao & Yiping Xia & Xiang Li & Zheng Li & Yan Ge, 2023. "Higher-order Graph Attention Network for Stock Selection with Joint Analysis," Papers 2306.15526, arXiv.org.
    2. Azleen Ilias & Erlane K Ghani & Zubir Azhar, 2019. "Factors Influencing Knowledge and Persuasion of Financial Regulators in the XBRL Adoption Process: The Technological Perspective," International Journal of Financial Research, International Journal of Financial Research, Sciedu Press, vol. 10(3), pages 170-180, May.

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