...Michele Bigoni; Stefano Coronella; Zeila Occhipinti Purpose The study focuses on the interrelations between dominant discourse, counter-discourse and accounting theory in 19th-century Italy when the country was undergoing a period of intense socio-political change which led to its unification...

... publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Accounting Coordination Assemblages Healthcare COVID-19 emergency Italy To help us think about this, we take inspiration from the work on how accounting arranges...

...Katarzyna Herd Purpose The purpose of this commentary paper is to analyze the burst of joy experienced by global football fans when England lost the final match during the Euro 2020 against Italy. Design/methodology/approach The author worked with netnography (Internet ethnography), gathering...

...://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode COVID-19 Italy Agamben Lockdown Bare life Biosecurity State of exception Accounting The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 has resulted in restrictions and reconfigurations of social and economic life throughout the world. Italy was the second country...

... and organisational behaviours, social functioning and development (Miller, 1994), this research focusses on the accounting profession to understand their key role during unprecedented times and the impact of their working approach on organisations and society. This study considers the Italian context, as Italy...

... may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Accounting profession History Power Social closure Italy I am of the opinion that all the world would greatly benefit … in the same way as they now do from the fact that Notaries are given authority to practice only...

... imperialistic policy. Warwick Funnell can be contacted at: w.n.funnell@kent.ac.uk 23 04 2018 03 06 2019 10 09 2019 12 11 2019 20 11 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Accounting Italy Governmentality...

...Massimo Contrafatto; Ericka Costa; Caterina Pesci Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretically informed analysis of social and environmental reporting (SER) evolution, i.e. how and why the SER evolved over time in a cooperative bank in Italy. Design/methodology/approach...

...Warwick Funnell; Valerio Antonelli; Raffaele D’Alessio; Roberto Rossi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the role played by accounting in managing an early nineteenth century lunatic asylum in Palermo, Italy. Design/methodology/approach The paper is informed by Foucault’s...

... their earnings. Professor Alex Frino can be contacted at: alex.frino@mgsm.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Earnings management Italy State owned enterprises Transnational public sector accounting Unlisted entities The globalisation of financial markets has challenged...

...), an underexplored topic (government of poverty), considering a diversity of organizations (charities and public bodies) in a time (ancien regime) and space (Italy) dimension not yet highlighted by the existing literature [3] . In particular, for the first time in the accounting history literature, the work presents...

... Italy Performance measurement systems Development process Integrating mechanisms Integrated measures Italian company Creativity The last decade has seen a significant proliferation of literature on performance measurement systems (PMS). Both academics and practitioners have proposed...

.... Enrico Bracci can be contacted at: enrico.bracci@unife.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Accountability Accounting People‐changing People‐processing NPM reform Public sector reform Social services Italy The primary objective of this paper is to explore the impact...

... Control systems Italy Corporate governance The reform processes that have been affecting public sector organizations over the last few decades have been inspired by the idea “to make the public sector more business – like” (Ferlie et al., 1996). As a consequence, public sector...

... of the night and was hit by a passing car – as I was informed by the passersby who saw me studying the memorial tree. Barbara Czarniawska can be contacted at: Barbara.czarniawska@gri.gu.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Accounting Cities Information management Italy Governance...

...Giacomo Boesso; Kamalesh Kumar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine what factors in addition to the needs of financial markets drive the voluntary disclosure practices of companies in Italy and in the United States. Design/methodology/approach Information provided in the management...