New public management (NPM) changes in both the Australian and Italian government sectors have affected their modus operandi. This research aims to focus on how the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) has been used in both Italian and Australian local government organisations, focusing on implementation...

This editorial highlights the important contributions of a group of Italian authors who are published in this special issue. Also it links this work to other outcomes from the SMOG 2009 Bologna conference including the Public Management Review special issue (Ball et al, 2010) and the Economia...

Recent accounting scandals in the private and public sectors have drawn increasing attention to the shortcomings of traditional financial reporting. In an attempt to respond to these limitations, various reporting frameworks have been developed. The paper proposes a comprehensive Extended...

This study contributes to an understanding of the practice of social reporting in Italian bank foundations. Specifically, the study examines the views of the preparers of social reports. In Italy, the development of social reports for non-government organizations (NGOs) is voluntary.The research...

PURPOSE – This paper seeks to analyse social report guidelines and practices within Italian local governments (ILGs). First, it compares the contents of the two Italian governmental guidelines for developing social reports in public sector organisations with the Global Reporting Initiative...