Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal: Volume 12 Issue 5

Scholarship in university business schools – Cardinal Newman, creeping corporatism and farewell to the “disturber of the peace”?

Russell J. Craig, Frank L. Clarke, Joel H. Amernic

This paper was stimulated by the chilling vision of the corporate university described by Moore and touted by numerous others. It exposes the ways in which Newman’s The Idea of a…

Extending practice – Accountants’ constructions of the industrial relations arena in the USA

Timothy J. Fogarty, Vaughan S. Radcliffe

This paper examines the historical means by which accountancy, as a mature profession, has sought to expand its practice to new areas of business. Accountancy has long been eager…

Australian public sector financial reporting: a case of cooperative policy formulation

Christine Ryan

In the past two decades, the public sector both in Australia and overseas has undergone a period of intense change. The focus has been on efficiency, effectiveness and value for…

Shareholder and stakeholder value in corporate downsizing – The case of United Technologies Corporation

Noah P. Barsky, Mohamed E. Hussein, Stephen F. Jablonsky

In recent years, many corporations have initiated downsizing programs to eliminate jobs, close facilities and withdraw from major lines of business. These initiatives have been…