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The impact of firm characteristics on management accounting practices: A UK-based empirical analysis (2008)
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There has been sustained interest in explaining why firms adopt different management accounting practices (MAPs). This paper applies contingency theory to respond empirically to calls by Gerdin [2005. Management accounting system design in manufactur... Read More about The impact of firm characteristics on management accounting practices: A UK-based empirical analysis.

Beyond 'access': Internet use and take-up of online services by adults living in disadvantaged areas in England (2008)
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Much discussion of the 'digital divide' has focused around the issue of access to technology and how this plays out in relation to different groups from disadvantaged neighbourhoods. This paper draws on survey data from a national evaluation project... Read More about Beyond 'access': Internet use and take-up of online services by adults living in disadvantaged areas in England.

Regulating a reluctant profession: Holding solicitors to account (2008)
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Solicitors are often placed in a position of trust where they hold money on behalf of their clients. Instances of the misuse of clients' money have been a recurring feature in the history of the legal profession in England and Wales. Yet the legal es... Read More about Regulating a reluctant profession: Holding solicitors to account.

Hidden depths: tracing corporate ownership and its implications in the UK defence industry (2008)
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Comparative analysis of the national accounting standards of the Czech Republic and Lithuania (2008)
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Disabling accounting (2008)
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This paper extends existing analyses of the role of accounting in two dimensions: the construction of bodily identities and of notions of disability. It seeks to make a contribution to both the accounting and the wider literature on disability. Utili... Read More about Disabling accounting.

Measuring progress towards carbon reduction in the UK (2007)
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The UK Climate Change Bill proposes to establish legally binding targets for a 60% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. This paper discusses the challenges posed by measuring progress towards this target. It takes as a premise that the conv... Read More about Measuring progress towards carbon reduction in the UK.

Why inside money matters (2007)
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This note observes that in a simple infinite horizon economy with heterogeneous endowments and a cash-in-advance constraint fiat money can be used to implement a Pareto optimum only with type-specific taxation. By contrast, if credit contracts are en... Read More about Why inside money matters.

Adapting not adopting: 1958 - 74. Accounting and managerial 'Reform' in the early NHS (2007)
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This paper examines accounting and managerial reform in the public sector National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in the UK from 1958-74. This period is often regarded as one of 'consolidation' (Klein, 1995; Webster, 1998) after the 'turmoil' of the... Read More about Adapting not adopting: 1958 - 74. Accounting and managerial 'Reform' in the early NHS.

South west labour market review (2007)
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