... on the concepts of profit and profitability and various ways in which we could potentially problematize these concepts. It is our hope that a much greater attention or reconsideration of the problematization of profit and related accounting numbers will be fostered in part by the exchanges we include here...

...Darlene Himick; Kate Ruff Purpose Profit is often moralized by activists, but scant research has carefully examined what profit is for these activists or how they use it to create a more just world. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how social movements use counter accounts of profit...

...Chris Cowton Purpose The purpose of this poem is to allow the reader to contemplate the substitution and to decide whether it works. Design/methodology/approach A short “poem” based on the idea of replacing “love” with “profit” in St Paul’s famous passage in 1 Corinthians 13, and often read...

... primitive. Tom Lee can be contacted at: leeatom@aol.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Profit Auditing Capital markets Place the credit in the boxWatch the profit growPlace the credit in the boxLet the market know Place the credit in the boxThe audit turns...

...Gaétan Breton; Louise Côté Purpose Legitimacy is defined as the ability to exercise authority without resorting to open coercion. It is an essential asset for firms seeking to reach and maintain profitability. In this context, the purpose of this paper is to present the case of the Canadian...

...Aneirin Sioˆn Owen This paper examines the relationship between UK accounting firm mergers and increases in profit margins enjoyed by large UK accounting firms. Cowling’s monopoly capitalism model provides the theoretical framework. The empirical parts of this paper draw on a number of quantitative...

...Stewart Lawrence; Manzurul Alam; Tony Lowe Examines the move towards a commercialized, economically driven, health sector in New Zealand. Reforms involve extensive organizational rearrangements and the creation of profit‐driven businesses in place of public hospitals. These institutional...