Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of one of the most important and controversial areas of scholarly communication: Open Access publishing and dissemination of research outputs. It identifies and discusses recent trends and future challenges for various stakeholders...

The objective of this research is to investigate the textual construction of annual reports (MD&A) of Italian listed companies. The paper builds on methodologies developed in prior empirical studies of annual reports readability and content analysis. Two dimensions are investigated: a) text ease...

Purpose –The purpose of this paper is to present a critique of published research access and peer review, considering their impacts on accounting scholarship. Design/methodology/approach -The paper is based on literature and publishing document review, experiential reflections and argument....

This essay employs a first-person fictional narrator to explore the nature of human-plant relations through the example of Thoreau’s <i>Wild Apples</i> and enacts the transformational process necessary to write in conjunction with non-conscious vegetal life by paying attention to the unthought known...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a critique of published research access and peer review, considering their impacts on accounting scholarship. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on literature and publishing document review, experiential reflections and...