The period 2007-2010 marked one of the most severe economic and financial crises in living memory. In this paper we focus on two of accounting's key functions within organizations and markets, financial reporting and governance. In this respect we find that accounting exhibited shortcomings in...

By employing the theoretical template provided by agency theory, this paper contributes a detailed clinical analysis of a large multinational Canada-headquartered telecommunications company, Nortel. Our analysis reveals a 21st century norm of usual suspects: a CEO whose compensation is well...