The article examines the role of accounting in the dissemination of a classical taste in British furniture during the Georgian era. This is a celebrated period in furniture design, to which the fame of some of its key participants, such as Thomas Chippendale, still bears testimony. It is also a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of the Official Scrutineer in the annual film awards ceremony of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), a role currently occupied by the audit firm Deloitte. The case of BAFTA provides an illustrative example of the...

Purpose – The paper aims to investigate accounting's role as a mediating instrument between the tensions of creativity and control within the price competitive world of the fashion chain store. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs a case study approach, gathering interview data...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to recognize the richness in exploring the inter-linkages between accounting and popular culture. Such an investigation should reap returns in not only furthering an understanding of accounting, but also the ways and means in which notions of...

A proliferation of rankings and league tables increasingly permeate everyday life. An objective of this paper is to explain the profusion of such rankings, in particular on-line user review rankings, in contemporary society and what this means for our understanding of the role of accounting. The...