Abstract:

As a result of the process of globalization, the number of multinational enterprises has risen on the one hand and the number of the countries they have been in touch has enlarged on the other. Because of the need to provide, clear, detailed, adequate level, comparable and timely information, in financial reporting the importance of operating segments and geographic segment information continues to increase. TFRS 8 Operating Segments issued by Turkish Accounting Standards Board parallely International Accounting Standards Board, have a current(actual) frame about segment financial reporting. This standard also have principles of geographic segment disclosures. In this paper, we investigated that financial statements practises of operating segments and especially geographic segmentation in financial statements of ISE 100 firms, depending on those firms market values and size of paid-in capitals.

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