This paper focuses on the need for critical reflection on the theoretical/methodological characterization of that broad area of research referred to here as "strategy studies". The aim is to point out some of the features of this field that distinguish it from other scientific ambits (in...

The extension of management discourse to public-sector entities in Italy comes up against a particularly interesting case in museums and art organisations. Here more than anywhere else, perhaps, the rhetoric of managerialisation faces serious problems in understanding the nature of such...

The paper presents a model for understanding the inner economy of live music programs and organisations at a micro level, according to a management and accounting perspective. The complexity and variety of situations and solutions in organizing live music is described with reference to a number...

In recent years there has been increasing recognition of the marked national differences in approaches to accounting. What is less clearly appreciated is how accounting historiography is also fragmented into different national traditions,with diverse patterns and frameworks for reconstructing...