Several calls have been made to investigate the processes of change characterizing academia worldwide. In particular, the tension apparent between the ‘universal’ models (standards, rankings) on the one hand, and the cultural and social features of academia in specific countries on the other...

This special issue of the journal of Accounting and Management Information Systems is aimed at facilitating a deeper understanding of the changes which have occurred in accounting academia in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), with a regional perspective in mind. The aim of this...

Universities, departments and academics are in quest for performance. Measuring performance means establishing and applying a ranking system which is usually finalised with a hierarchy. We endeavoured in this context to a study of the extant situation characterising the performance of the...