Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to add to our understanding of how external factors such as funding and external accountabilities affect the organisational inner workings, especially identity issues. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on a comparative case study of two...

pt. I. An introduction to how regulations affect banks -- pt. II. A regulatory perspective -- pt. III. A strategic perspective -- pt. IV. A financial accounting and management control perspective -- pt. V. The effects of regulations.

The objectives of financial accounting and management control -- A Frame of reference -- Financial accounting standards: Some examples -- How financial accounting affects management control -- Concluding reflections.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute with knowledge about how resistance to the neo-liberal agenda is made possible, especially through renewal and reproduction of collective communities. Design/methodology/approach – Using two ethnographical studies, one of a chamber...