Through the use of a case study, this article illustrates the potential value of involving ACAS in attempts to improve industrial relations. A joint approach is far more likely to secure the understanding and commitment of the parties concerned and thus make possible genuine and lasting...

Purpose – This paper aims to provide evidence to suggest that private social and environmental reporting (i.e. one-on-one meetings between institutional investors and investees on social and environmental issues) is beginning to merge with private financial reporting and that, as a result,...

Purpose – This paper aims to consider the suitability of Anglo‐American new public management (NPM) practices in the context of public sector reform in Japan. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines the two principal alternative approaches that have been taken to public sector...

This paper examines whether a partnership comprising public and private sector organisations (PPP) can improve information sharing between those sectors and be effective in combating money laundering and terrorism financing-related crimes, using Australia's Fintel Alliance as a case study.The...

About the author preface acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Review of literature -- Theory -- Financial reporting environment in Bangladesh -- Research methodology -- The relative impact of accounting regulatory frameworks -- And politico-institutional factors -- The impact of training...