...Enrico Bracci Purpose Governments are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI) algorithmic systems to increase efficiency and effectiveness of public service delivery. While the diffusion of AI offers several desirable benefits, caution and attention should be posed...

... in accounting research and practice. Design/methodology/approach The paper adopts an interdisciplinary literature review associated with a conceptual discussion of the actual and future challenges of public service accounting and accountability in considering public value(s). Findings The paper...

... to collate “a substantial archival residue”. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Professionals Customer Public services New public management Hybrid manager Tax agency Recent studies of the nature of professionalism have focused on its increasing hybridisation, encompassing...

... a myriad of challenges for public services, with demands for major cuts in government spending, the delivery of balanced budgets and zstrategies for deficit reduction. The purpose of this paper is to consider how public sector accounting and accountability systems are implicated in the development...