Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change: Volume 17 Issue 1

Guest editorial

Bernd Helmig, Marc Jegers, Irvine Lapsley, Inger Johanne Pettersen

On the relevance of self-service business intelligence to university management

Michela Arnaboldi, Andrea Robbiani, Paola Carlucci

Nearly 40 years since they first appeared, there is renewed interest in dashboards, engendered by the diffusion of business intelligence (BI) desktop software, such as Power BI…

Legitimating accounting change in charities: when values count more than regulation

Ciaran Connolly, Noel Hyndman, Mariannunziata Liguori

This paper seeks to explore the way charity accountants understand, interpret and legitimate or delegitimate the introduction of accounting and reporting changes (embedded in the…

Alleviating social and economic inequality? The role of social enterprises in Thailand

Varaporn Pothipala, Prae Keerasuntonpong, Carolyn Cordery

Thailand is a developing economy underpinned by high levels of wealth inequality and an ingrained patronage culture. This research aims to examine how social enterprises (SEs…

Service innovation or collaborative tradition? Public motives for partnerships with third sector organisations

Caroline Hellström

The purpose of this paper is to investigate public partners’ motives for seeking and/or accepting partnerships with third sector organisations.

Responding to funding scarcity: governance challenges in Swedish and South African development partnerships

Jayne Jönsson, Tony Huzzard

In the context of the general funding scarcity in the nonprofit sector, this paper aims to inquire into the governance challenges facing nonprofit aid organizations in a…

The use of accounting in managing the institutional complexities of a festival organisation pursuing financial and social objectives

Per Ståle Knardal, John Burns

The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of accounting when managing the institutional complexities of a festival organisation pursuing financial and social objectives…