... Narrative approaches to accounting Popular culture Narratives Perception Financial performance This paper reviews emplotments of interpretations of the financial crisis of 2007‐2010. Whereas popular culture, including the media, has a tendency to insist on strong plots, repeating the same type...

... positivistic studies which seek an association between environmental and financial performance, the paper aims to use the richness of a case study methodology to gain a deeper understanding of how environmental concerns are handled and what outcomes in terms of environmental and economic performance...

...Vanessa Magness Purpose The objective of this paper is to test Ullmann's hypothesis that strategy posture, modified by financial performance, must be considered in light of stakeholder power in order to understand a company's social responsibility disclosure policy. Design/methodology/approach...

...Mark A. Clatworthy; Michael John Jones Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the effect of financial performance on the textual characteristics of the chairman's statement. In particular, given the increased motives for poorly performing management to engage in impression management...

... associated with financial performance, reinforcing the argument that such unaudited disclosures contain important information. The results have implications both for the form and content of future narrative disclosures by management. Content analysis Corporate communications Disclosure Narratives...