La auditoría externa y su influencia en la gestión empresarial de medianas y grandes empresas de la provincia del Azuay Sector 5, en el Ecuador, periodo 2016 - 2018

Abstract

Abstract: The research was developed in order to establish how the external audit influences the business management of medium and large companies in the province of Azuay Sector 5, during the period 2016 to 2018, in order to achieve this objective, aspects such as such as the characterization of the types of external audit applied, the influence on the strengthening of business management, in addition to establishing the effect of the external audit process on the performance of administrative activities. The applied methodology was qualitative-quantitative and descriptive. In addition, when applying a survey using the Likert rating scale, the influence of external auditors on the business management of their auditees was obtained as a positive and very high result, obtaining ratings between very good and excellent.