Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to advance our understanding of competitiveness. The authors introduce the concept of Competitive Productivity (CP), supplementing shortcomings of traditional understandings of national, organisational and individual productivity which overlook the nature...

This multi-discipline research, covering client relationships and the public accounting space, investigated trust in the relationship between Australia's public accountants and their small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) clients. It describes the contribution of the accountancy profession to...

This paper investigates trust as it relates to the relationship between Australia's public accountants and their SME clients. It describes the contribution of the accountancy profession to the SME market, as well as the key challenges faced by accountants and their SME clients. Following the...