* Explores a range of the intellectual traditions in accounting research, and their implications for the social sciences more widely * With the recent financial and banking crises, accounting is very much to the fore of social science concerns * This book examines accounting within its social...

How fast transition should occur and how fast privatization and/or entry should take place in formerly socialist economies has been widely debated by economists. The field evidence on start-ups is mixed, with fragmentary data indicating that the performance of start-ups varies widely across...