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Growing Green and Competitive—A Case Study of a Swedish Pulp Mill

Söderholm, Kristina; Bergquist, Ann-Kristin - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 5, pp. 1789-1805

The experiences of past efforts of industrial pollution control while maintaining competitiveness should be of great value to research and policy practice addressing sustainability issues today. In this article, we analyze the environmental adaptation of the Swedish pulp industry during the...

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Research traditions in Malaysia and the West

Sy, Aida; Tinker, Anthony - In: International Journal of Critical Accounting 5 (2013) 2, pp. 119-122

know from the African history that these nations already had in place their own accounting and auditing systems prior to …

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The evolution of fair value accounting in the USA: a critical examination of its progress since 1900

Nouri, Hossein; Pannone, Daniel - In: International Journal of Critical Accounting 2 (2010) 2, pp. 191-209

Despite the relevance of fair value accounting to the financial statements, it was not adopted by standard setting bodies until recently. This paper investigates the evolution of fair value accounting in the USA and shows that several factors, such as accounting standard setting bodies,...

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Organizational Challenges in the Adoption of Building Applied Photovoltaics in the Swedish Tenant-Owner Housing Sector

Muyingo, Henry - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 4, pp. 3637-3664

Sweden has committed itself to comply with EU-directive 2009/28/EC on energy from renewable sources and 2012/27/EU on … and the decision-making structure in tenant-owner cooperatives (TOCs) in Sweden facilitates or hampers the adoption of …

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How to lock-in workers and capital: the role of accounting in the era of a Swedish textile mill

Forsberg, Per - In: International Journal of Critical Accounting 5 (2013) 1, pp. 96-116

This article contributes with knowledge about accounting history in Sweden between 1834-1903. It is written from the … perspective of new accounting history. As such, it focuses on how the socio-political-economic context affects accounting but also … industrialisation in Sweden. The first mechanical weaving company in Sweden, the textile mill Rydboholm, is used as an example to …

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How to control, intervene and mediate: the role of accounting in a modern textile company

Forsberg, Per - In: International Journal of Critical Accounting 4 (2012) 1, pp. 6-20

This article about accounting history in Sweden deals with the period between 1903 and the Second World War. It focuses … and organisational functions. It makes use of the first mechanical weaving factory in Sweden (the factories of Rydboholm …

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Risk in practice – senior bank managers at work

Wahlstrom, Gunnar - In: International Journal of Critical Accounting 1 (2009) 3, pp. 287-305

bank managers from all the listed banks in Sweden. The perceived risks relate to the interviewees' positions in the banks …

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Turning financial markets inside out: how insider trading regulation really works

Sjodin, Ulrika; Bay, Thomas; McGoun, Elton G. - In: International Journal of Critical Accounting 2 (2010) 4, pp. 419-436

things that it is supposed to eliminate. In Sweden, this was part of a deliberate political agenda to make financial markets …

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Meetings between analysts and corporate managers in Sweden: why do they exist?

Wahlstrom, Gunnar - In: International Journal of Critical Accounting 2 (2010) 4, pp. 437-457

The purpose of this article is, from the perspective of the financial analyst working in Sweden, to explain why …

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Planning for Climatic Extremes and Variability: A Review of Swedish Municipalities’ Adaptation Responses

Wamsler, Christine; Brink, Ebba - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 3, pp. 1359-1385

Climate change poses a serious challenge to sustainable urban development worldwide. In Sweden, climate change work at …

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