Auditor Changes Following Big Eight Mergers With Non-Big Eight Audit Firms

by Paul M. Healy

Excerpt from Auditor Changes Following Big Eight Mergers With Non-Big Eight Audit Firms

Clients that benefit from the Big Eight firm's audit quality, or its geographically dispersed network of offices are expected to employ the acquirer. Clients that do not benefit from these services are more likely to change to a small auditor following the merger.

31 pages, Paperback

First published August 5, 2015

About the author

Paul M. Healy is an American academic. He is the James R. Williston Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.