UK picture house and to consider the role of the accounting document as a medium through which both local and broader …. Findings – The analysis of the box office ledger illustrates the potential value of an accounting document as a source of … the conception of what constitutes accounting, shapes the perception of contemporary strategic management accounting …

Purpose – This paper seeks to consider the impact and potential impact of social accounting at the macro level. It aims … to explore the potential for “silent” or “shadow” social accounting to hold Anglo-American capitalism to account for its … social outcomes relative to other “varieties of capitalism”. Design/methodology/approach – The role of accounting in …

Purpose – This paper aims to examine an early stage of the institutionalization of accounting practices in devolved UK …' cognition of accounting numbers. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses neo-institutional theory to examine the planning … findings point to a process of nested translations, from mission through aims and objectives to targets, with accounting …

-based resource accounting in the UK public sector. Design/methodology/approach – In a unique study, which presents case research of … in the implementation, maintenance or oversight of resource accounting in Northern Ireland. This paper looks at the … (accountants). Findings – It finds that the actual implementation of accruals accounting is very different, in effect, in cost and …

Purpose – This paper seeks to extend the development of the historical accounting research agenda further into the area … Britain and explores how an accounting failure disrupted the tension between the two established competing discourses, leading …, as necessary, in support. Findings – The paper demonstrates that accounting, although it may not be central to a …