Topics: - Ownership form, such as pyramidal ownership, business groups, keiretsus, chaebols and mutuals, and its impact on corporate governance - Family control and ownership - The role of hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds - Dual-class capitalisations and unifications - Large and small...

The call centres on the metaphor of 'terra' - the various grounds social scientists stand on to articulate their social constructions. And we invite contributors to use this metaphor to explore the established, the new and the unknown in organizational discourse analysis. Topics: - Aesthetics...

The IPA conference is an established forum for research into the social, political and organizational aspects of accounting theory and practice. The Conference is the premier conference for the interdisciplinary study of accounting, bringing together accounting researchers with broad social...

The theme of the symposium is on management accounting and control (MAC) in the era of globalization and digitization. Papers undertaken in the context of transitional and emerging economies are particularly welcome. Topics include but are not limited to the following: - Assessment of existing...

Theoretical, empirical and review papers are welcomed in all areas of accounting, business and financial history.

The recent events around the credit crunch have put managerial compensation firmly back on the agenda of policy makers and shareholders alike. Recent cases in failing firms even have turned excessive managerial compensation into an issue of concern for society at large. Around 12 academic papers...

Papers are invited on all aspects of Financial Reporting and Business Communication. This includes empirical, case study and review articles on such topics as the measurement, disclosure, presentation, communication and impact of financial and business information contained in the annual reports...