Cloud Accounting Maturity and Financial Reporting Timeliness in Small Enterprises

Anggun Yolistina; Nia Riana

Authors

Anggun Yolistina Universitas Sangga Buana YPKP Author
Nia Riana Universitas Widyatama, Bandung Author

Keywords:

cloud, accounting, maturity, financial, reporting, timeliness, small, integrative review

Abstract

This integrative evidence review examines cloud accounting maturity and financial reporting timeliness in small enterprises by asking how cloud accounting maturity is connected to financial reporting timeliness and which conditions determine whether that connection becomes operationally meaningful. The article synthesizes peer-reviewed and institutional literature relevant to reporting, assurance, control, and financial decision systems, emphasizing mechanisms, boundary conditions, and measurement choices rather than a universal average effect. Evidence associated with Knudsen, 2020 and Dechow et al., 2010 is read with the wider source set to distinguish formal adoption from effective use, short-term response from durable capability, and observed association from causal interpretation. The synthesis identifies complementary roles for segregation of duties and authorization, staff capability, and governance or coordination routines. No survey, interview, experiment, proprietary dataset, or regression estimate is represented as having been collected for this conceptual review.

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