Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change: Volume 4 Issue 2

World class manufacturing and accountability: How companies and the state aspire to competitiveness

Trevor Hopper, Mostafa Jazayeri, Chris Westrup

The paper's aim is to establish how world class manufacturing (WCM) was diffused to some small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises in the NW of England and the network of institutions…

A rationale for stakeholder‐based management in developing nations

George Joseph

The paper aims to provide a rationale for stakeholder‐based management in developing countries. To implement the objectives, the paper contrasts the implications of agency and…

Predicting change in bank efficiency in Jordan: a data envelopment analysis

Jamal I. Bdour, Abeer F. Al‐khoury

This study aims to investigate the relative efficiency pattern of Jordanian banks during the period between 1998 and 2004.

Institutional differences in EU countries and their relationship with earnings management differences: Implications for the pan‐European stock market

Carmelo Reverte

The paper seeks to highlight the differences among EU countries in a series of institutional factors (e.g. enforcement, securities regulation, investor protection and ownership…

Management Control Systems: Performance Measurement, Evaluation and Incentives

Melvin Roush, Baber Shareef Mohammed

Management Accounting Change: Approaches and Perspectives

David Carter

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Understanding paradoxes, contradictions and agency in financial management change: a case study of a Chinese local government agency

ChunLei Yang

Special Issue on Professionalisation of accounting and organizational change

Managing the knowledge capital of public administrations

Pasquale Ruggiero