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New plots are badly needed in finance: accounting for the financial crisis of 2007‐2010
Barbara CzarniawskaThe purpose of this paper is to analyze common emplotments of interpretations of the financial crisis of 2007‐2010.
From management controls to the management of controls
Sophie Tessier, David OtleyThe purpose of this paper is to describe the dynamic development of technical controls in different companies and to interpret the observations using Van de Ven and Poole's…
Accounting and accountability in an Italian social care provider: Contrasting people‐changing with people‐processing approaches
Enrico Bracci, Sue LlewellynThis article aims to focus on one of the most intriguing issues related to the public sector reforms: the accountability systems. In particular the paper aims to deal with the…
Understanding the responses of professional accounting bodies to crises: The case of the Australian profession in the 1960s
Garry D. Carnegie, Brendan T. O'ConnellThe purpose of this Australian case study, set in the 1960s, is to comprehensively examine the responses of the two major professional accounting bodies to a…
Accounting‐related research in PPPs/PFIs: present contributions and future opportunities
Paul AndonThe purpose of this paper is to review research investigating the implications of public private partnership (PPP) schemes for public investment, focusing on the role and effects…
Flight of fantasy: writing a full proof “code” for ethics
Vida BotesThe purpose of this paper is to portray the Code of Ethics in digital format, by using a markup language like C#. to formulate code. Digitally executed, this should reduce in the…
Caution – this office may damage your health
Mike HopkinsThis paper aims to present reflections on the frustrations of working in the modern business office setting.
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- Prof James Guthrie
- Prof Lee Parker