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Accounting and accountability in ancient civilizations: Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt
Salvador Carmona, Mahmoud EzzamelThe purpose of this paper is to analyze and critique the growing literature on record‐keeping practices in Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt with a particular focus on processes of…
Household accounting in Australia: a microhistorical study
Garry D. Carnegie, Stephen P. WalkerThe purpose of this paper is to extend the work of Carnegie and Walker and report the results of Part 2 of their study on household accounting in Australia during the period from…
Accounting and public sector reforms: A study of a continuously evolving governmental agency in Australia
Monir Zaman Mir, Abu Shiraz RahamanThe purpose of this research is to explore the role of accounting in the reform process of a continuously evolving governmental agency in the Australian state of New South Wales.
Drivers of corporate voluntary disclosure: A framework and empirical evidence from Italy and the United States
Giacomo Boesso, Kamalesh KumarThe purpose of this paper is to examine what factors in addition to the needs of financial markets drive the voluntary disclosure practices of companies in Italy and in the United…
Accountability through activism: learning from Bourdieu
Mark Shenkin, Andrea B. CoulsonThe purpose of this paper is to reflect on how the social‐theoretical work of Pierre Bourdieu (1931‐2001) could contribute to knowledge production on accountability.
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- Prof James Guthrie
- Prof Lee Parker