Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management
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Brewing a service-identity: management controls in craft beer servitization
Julia Yonghua Wu, Chris Akroyd, Frederick NgThis paper aims to examine the management controls that support (and fail to support) a craft brewery’s servitization journey from start-up, through growth, to maturity. It…
The role of digitalization along new product development processes: the case of a servitized firm
Mariastella Messina, Antonio LeottaThis paper aims to address the challenge raised in the literature regarding whether and how digitalization supports a servitized new product development (NPD) process, considering…
An autoethnographic reflection on accounting rituals in a turbulent environment
Mohit Dar, Carolyn Cordery, Ivo De Loo, Melina ManochinThis paper aims to examine the lived experiences of a professional accountant, exploring how he navigated the complexity of change in specific accounting processes in the UK…
Constructing and co-authoring controller’s practice through cloud technologies: the case of IKEA Italy
Lino Cinquini, Antonio Leotta, Carmela Rizza, Daniela Ruggeri, Andrea Tenucci, Mariastella MessinaThe purpose of this paper is to explore how the controller’s practice is constructed through the use of cloud technologies. Thus, the authors explore the possibilities that cloud…
Performance management in the prosocial market economy: a new paradigm for economic performance and sustainability
Jan A. Pfister, David Otley, Thomas Ahrens, Claire Dambrin, Solomon Darwin, Markus Granlund, Sarah L. Jack, Erkki M. Lassila, Yuval Millo, Peeter Peda, Zachary Sherman, David Sloan WilsonThe purpose of this multi-voiced paper is to propose a prosocial paradigm for the field of performance management and management control systems. This new paradigm suggests…
Utilisation of voluntary disclosure via social media as a strategic response to COVID-19
Justin Stevenson, Maryam Safari, Huan Vo-Tran, Naomi WhitesideThis study aims to investigate the use of voluntary disclosure on mainstream social media platforms to examine strategic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. It examines the…
Mapping data-driven management in accounting: the premise and promise of the debate and how to move beyond
Martin Kornberger, Clarissa Ruth Marie Schott, Dan-Richard Knudsen, Christian AndvikThis paper aims to point to the shift in the temporal orientation, going from reporting on the past to creating insights about the future, which might be suggestive of perennial…
Sustainability-oriented targets in executive compensation – symbolic measures or significant catalyst for a sustainable transition?
Alexander Hofer, Ewald Aschauer, Patrick VelteThis study aims to analyse the motivations and underlying assumptions of decision makers driving the adoption of sustainability-oriented targets in executive compensation (SCTs…
Three approaches to interviews: tell me about you, them, “fictitious” others
Belinda LukeThe purpose of this paper is to examine different approaches to framing interviews from the planning stage of interview design, drawing on Goffman’s (1974) notion of frame…
The institutionalisation of XBRL in a developing capital market: the Indonesian regulators’ and filers’ perspective
Fitri Amalia, Ogan Yigitbasioglu, Stuart TooleyDrawing on institutional theory analytical perspectives of theorisation and translation, this study aims to explore the institutionalisation of eXtensible Business Reporting…
Data analytics use in financial due diligence: the influence of accounting and commercial logic
Tim Kastrup, Michael Grant, Fredrik NilssonThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to a better, empirically grounded and theoretically informed understanding of data analytics (DA) use and nonuse in accounting for…
Insights on the role of performance measurement systems in the digital servitization landscape: a longitudinal case study
Alessandro Marelli, Andrea Dello SbarbaThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of performance measurement systems (PMS) within the context of digital servitization (DS), especially in collaborations…
The accountability of ethnographers: the views of Paolo Virno
Hugo Letiche, Ivo De LooEthnography produces accounts; the critical reflection of accounts produces accountability. Ethnography requires accountability if meaningful conclusions and/or observations are…
Digitalisation as a driver of transformation for management control of small and medium-sized enterprises
Jochen Fähndrich, Burkhard PedellThis study aims to analyse the influence of digitalisation on the management control function of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In particular, it aims to illuminate…
When ethnography meets scientific aspiration: a comparative exploration of ethnography in anthropology and accounting
Claire DengThis paper aims to contribute to the ongoing methodological discussions surrounding the adoption of ethnographic approaches in accounting by undertaking a comparative analysis of…
The ethnographer and the paradox of emotional closeness. An autoethnography of shame in accounting research
Caecilia Drujon d’Astros, Camille Gaudy, Marianne StrauchThis paper aims to explore the role of the researcher’s emotions in ethnographic practice in accounting research. This paper focuses on shame as an emotion that lingers on…
Towards a digital twin of a service: a case of communicating cost and control implications of a new after-sales service with an animation
Marta Tkaczyk, Anna Salina, Jouni Lyly-Yrjänäinen, Teemu LaineNew service businesses carry opportunities for industrial companies. The different cost management and management control implications of those service businesses deserve…
Navigating the emotional challenges of ethnographic accounting research: notes from first-time ethnographers
Nathalie Repenning, Kai DeMottThis study aims to better understand the emotional challenges that inexperienced accounting researchers may face in conducting ethnographies. To do so, the authors use Arlie…
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