Accounting research in the French language area – second half of the 20th century

Abstract

Purpose

This paper seeks to offer a survey of accounting publications and research in the French literature from 1950 to the end of the twentieth century.

Design/methodology/approach

The methodology is that of literary research, review and critique.

Findings

Finds that over the period mentioned different aspects of accounting research have been examined in the literature – academic, social, matrix, events, historical. The leading researchers in these fields are covered in detail.

Originality/value

Succeeds in offering problems the most comprehensive survey to date of the French literature on accounting and related research during the period under review.

Citation

Degos, J. and Mattessich, R. (2006), "Accounting research in the French language area – second half of the 20th century", Review of Accounting and Finance, Vol. 5 No. 4, pp. 423-442. https://doi.org/10.1108/14757700610712471