... Methodology Interventionist research Philosophy Actor-network theory Research practice The following discussion took place after Author No. 2 had given a seminar presentation on the basic ideas of ANT and how they had been applied in management accounting research: Author No. 1: Listen, I...

... reporting, and to add to the interpretation of visual images within financial reporting. Myths Financial reporting Religion Philosophy The sacred and accounting, mother tongue of capitalism, might seem an unlikely juxtaposition. However, the present study suggests that it is possible...

... criticisms have been launched at the application of neo‐classical economic theory to accounting practice and research on theoretical, logical and philosophy of science grounds (see e.g. Arrington and Francis, 1989 ; Lavoie, 1987 ; Tinker et al., 1982 ; Williams, 1987 , 1989). Consideration...

... picture of accounting reality, that choices on perspective have to be, and can be, made and that these choices are, and should be, contestable. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Accounting research Methods Philosophy There would be few today that would dispute that empirical research...

... Companies Intelligence Language Philosophy Since Adam Smith, a particular vision of economics has dominated economic theorizing. One conceives of an economy as made up of a number of separate agents – individuals or households or firms – whose only interactions with one another are voluntary...