Firms in the early stage of their organisational lifecycle experience challenges that shape the adoption of management controls. They are also recognised for their use of outsourcing. However, the accounting research has provided limited insight on how these control challenges and...

Purpose –The purpose of this paper is to review and present a contemporary perspective on interdisciplinary accounting research in the context of the public services. Design/methodology/approach -The authors present the experience, interpretations and perspective on the state of this research...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to examine the role of accounting numbers in one organisation's attempts to enact and calculate customer intimacy, given renewed interest in organisation-customer relationships. Design/methodology/approach – The paper utilises actor-network theory in...

Purpose – The first aim of this paper is to present the methods developed by one of the co-authors to render visible the complexity of intellectual capital (IC). These were developed to make relationships between IC elements and value creation accessible to managers seeking to act on IC. The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how accounting and supply function specialists shape controls in collaborative supply networks (CSNs) and how both might co-evolve. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is a case study of an Australian metal manufacturer...