UCL Accounting IFRS Contribution to the International Harmonization of Financial Reporting Essay

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Question:
The IASB has achieved great success in extending the adoption of international financial reporting standards and harmonising financial 
reporting practice across the globe. 
Required:
Using Nobes (2013) and Yip and Young (2012) and any other relevant academic materials, critically discuss to what extent IFRS contributes 
to the international harmonisation of financial reporting.
References: 
Nobes, C. (2013) The continued survival of international differences under IFRS. Accounting and Business Research, 43 (2), 83-111.
Yip, R.W.Y and Young, D (2012) Does Mandatory IFRS Adoption Improve Information Comparability? The Accounting Review, 87 (5), 
1767-1789.
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