Purpose – Despite the great interest in activity based costing (ABC), companies seem to be reluctant to adopt it. Our research aims at examining the rate of adoption of ABC by Greek companies that belong to all three sectors of the Greek economy, i.e. manufacturing, retail and services, as...

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the relationships among cost accounting systems structure and information quality properties through an integrated framework of cost system design and use. Design/methodology/approach – In the framework, cost accounting systems structure is defined in...

Inadequacy of Information Technology (IT) enabled solutions has constrained the implementation of accrual accounting in Greek municipalities as part of a New Public Management (NPM) initiative. In this paper we analyse the main reasons behind the failure of IT to support the accounting reform...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of the Eurozone financial crisis by discussing the experiences of Greece, Ireland and Spain. It particularly examines the influence and actions of the Troika in the management of the sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone....

Purpose: This study analyses the engagement of Greek municipalities in earnings management activities through the manipulation of their accrual accounts. It aims at identifying whether discretionary accruals are associated with certain financial sustainability measures calculated through...

Purpose: Public financial management has been characterized by the implementation of several innovations and reforms that embrace different areas and scope. These reforms aim at expenditure rationalization and efficiency enhancement, as well as the improvement of accountability and performance....