Segmented Reporting and its Changes as a Result of the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Construction and Real Estate Industry

Joanna Dynowska

Institute of Management and Quality Sciences, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4338-2961

Katarzyna Krysztofiak

Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn


Abstract

This paper analyses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on segment reporting in the construction and real estate sector in Poland. The study includes an analysis of the financial statements of companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2019 and 2023. The study results indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic did not cause fundamental changes in the structure of the reported operating segments of the surveyed companies (segmentation by business line still dominates), but it reduced the scope of disclosed financial results. In some cases, a reduction in the number of reported segments was observed, which could be a response to changing market conditions. The study results highlight the flexibility of segment reporting and its ability to adapt to global crises. Although the pandemic did not lead to significant changes in accounting regulations, it forced the adaptation of management strategies to new economic realities.


Keywords:

operating segments, COVID-19 pandemic, IFRS 8, real estate sector, construction sector


Aboud, A., Roberts, C., & Hussainey, K. (2019). The impact of IFRS 8 on segment information quality in the European Union: a multi-dimensional analysis. International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, 16, 100-115. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41310-019-00059-9.   Google Scholar

Alanezi, F.S., Alfraih, M.M., & Alshammari, S.S. (2016). Operating Segments (IFRS 8)-Required   Google Scholar

Disclosure and the Specific-Characteristics of Kuwaiti Listed Companies. International Business   Google Scholar

Research, 9(1), 136-153. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ibr.v9n1p136.   Google Scholar

Aleksanyan, M., & Danbolt, J. (2015). Segment reporting: is IFRS 8 really better? Accounting in   Google Scholar

Europe, 12(1), 37-60. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449480.2015.1027239.   Google Scholar

Bartoszewicz, A., Burchart, R., & Dynowska, J. (red.) (2021). Finansowo-Zarządcze Aspekty   Google Scholar

Sprawozdawczości Przedsiębiorstw. Olsztyn: Instytut Badań Gospodarczych. https://doi.org/10.24136/eep.mon.2021.1.   Google Scholar

Chrostowska, E. (2023). Ocena kontynuacji działalności dokonana w raportach finansowych przez zarząd spółek giełdowych z sektora nieruchomości w Polsce w czasie pandemii COVID-19. Zeszyty Teoretyczne Rachunkowości, 47(2), 11-33. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0053.6055.   Google Scholar

Daniłowicz, P., & Gierusz, J. (2023). Wpływ utraty wartości aktywów na bilans oraz rachunek zysków i strat wybranych przedsiębiorstw. Przestrzeń, Ekonomia, Społeczeństwo, 24(2),163-183. http://dx.doi.org/10.23830/24/II/2023/163183.   Google Scholar

Dynowska, J., & Wrona, G. (2025). Disclosure of Segment Reporting in Financial Statements of Polish Listed Companies Before and After Covid-19 Pandemic. Olsztyn Economic Journal, 20(1), 55-67. https://doi.org/10.31648/oej.10807.   Google Scholar

Dziennik Urzędowy Unii Europejskiej. (2008). Międzynarodowy Standard Sprawozdawczości Finansowej 8 Segmenty operacyjne.   Google Scholar

Gierusz, M. (2023). Analiza porównawcza kluczowych obszarów regulacji MSSF i US GAAP. Studia i Prace Kolegium Zarządzania i Finansów, (190), 9-36. https://doi.org/10.33119/SIP.2023.190.1.   Google Scholar

Komitet Standardów Rachunkowości. (2020). Sprawozdanie Finansowe w czasie pandemii COVID-19. Rekomendacje Komitetu Standardów Rachunkowości.   Google Scholar

Nita, B. (2015). Sprawozdawczość segmentowa jako przejaw konwergencji rachunkowości finansowej i rachunkowości zarządczej. Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego We Wrocławiu, (388), 285-294. https://doi.org/10.15611/pn.2015.388.29.   Google Scholar

Rufino, H.D. (2022). Relationship of Operating Segments (IFRS 8) and Profitability of Universal Banks in the Philippines. Journal of Algebraic Statistics, 13(3), 1006-1018. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/369338331_Relationship_of_Operating_Segments_IFRS_8_and_Profitability_of_Universal_Banks_in_the_Philippines (10.03.2025).   Google Scholar

Tsai, W.-H., Lan, S.-H., & Lee, H.-L. (2020). Applying ERP and MES to Implement the IFRS 8 Operating Segments: A Steel Group’s Activity-Based Standard Costing Production Decision Model. Sustainability, 12(10), 1-33. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12104303.   Google Scholar

Veron, N. (2007). Eu adoption of the IFRS 8 standard on operating segments: Note for the ECON Committee of the European Parliament 21 September 2007 (No. September 2007). Bruegel Policy Contribution. Retrieved from https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/72090/1/559166435.pdf (10.03.2025).   Google Scholar

Download


Published
2026-05-21

Cited by

Dynowska, J., & Krysztofiak, K. (2026). Segmented Reporting and its Changes as a Result of the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Construction and Real Estate Industry. Olsztyn Economic Journal, 21(1), 41–51. https://doi.org/10.31648/oej.11268

Joanna Dynowska 
Institute of Management and Quality Sciences, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4338-2961
Katarzyna Krysztofiak 
Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn



License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

An Author declares that his paper has not been published before (under the same or another title, or is a part of another publication) and does not infringe copyrights of other persons**. At the same time, the Author transfers to the Publisher the exclusive right to publish and to circulate this work in print in the form of a non-serial journal publication and in a form of an electronic publication.

Author's statement

The journal is available on Creative Common license CC-BY-NC-ND