This paper presents the findings of a grounded theory study of the development of strategic ideas in a multinational organization. By drawing on the rich data generated from this longitudinal in-depth fields study, this paper provides a theoretical framework for the development of strategic ideas.

Much of the literature on Executive Information Systems (EIS) development provides lists of factors critical to the successful EIS development. This paper argues that a better understanding of the relationship between key sucess factors and the EIS development is required if sucess factors are...

drawing on observations in British and German Brewers, this paper seeks to explore the potential of analitical fecus on the ways in which accounting is combined with other forms of organisational knowledge in talk.

Drawing on instances of operational management in British and German Firms, This paper seeks to contrast different styles of implicating accounting in processes of accountability.

Recently, Hammersley (What's Wrong with Ethnography: Routledge: 1992) and Silverman ( Interpreting Qualitative Data: 1993) have de-emphasised the distinction between qualitative and quantitative research and suggested to integrate them to make social science more valid. I argue that the...

Worker participation has be investigated by management and accounting researchers for mny years but there is disagreement about both the process of participation and its impact. This paper argues that such equivocality is associated with inappropriate research methodology, research design flaws,...

This pape contrasts the involvement of British and German Management Accountants in processes of organisational strategy-making. Analysing ethnographic material, it considers how accounting becomes implicated in formulation of organisational purpose and strategy in the British and German firms...