In this paper, we present the first results of a bibliometric analysis of 7231 references cited in 191 articles published in the CCA French review between 1995 and 2004. Citation and co-citation techniques are used to draw a knowledge structure of the accounting research.

What a change from the men trusted as bookkeepers in the 18th century to the very competent but supervised accountants of the 1920s! The 19th-century industrial revolution had taken place, but it would be a mistake to set this change down to purely economic reasons. As companies grew in size,...

Standard costing was developed during the early years of the twentieth century in connection with the rise of scientific management. Such research as has been carried out into the adoption of this technique suggests that European firms lagged well behind their American counterparts in its...

Standard costing was developed during the early years of the twentieth century in connection with the rise of scientific management. Such research as has been carried out into the adoption of this technique suggests that European firms lagged well behind their American counterparts in its...