Purpose –The purpose of this paper is to present a critique of published research access and peer review, considering their impacts on accounting scholarship. Design/methodology/approach -The paper is based on literature and publishing document review, experiential reflections and argument....

<title>Abstract</title> This article provides a critique of the Global Reporting Initiatives (GRI) guidelines, sustainability reporting (SR) guidelines and also examines their applicability to public and third sector organizations. The article finds that these guidelines promote a ‘managerialist’ approach...

Purpose – The first aim of this paper is to present the methods developed by one of the co-authors to render visible the complexity of intellectual capital (IC). These were developed to make relationships between IC elements and value creation accessible to managers seeking to act on IC. The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a reflective discourse about a particular interventionist research project utilising a critical framework. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses Alvesson and Deetz's tasks of critical research to analyse the application of...

Due to the gravity of its environmental problems where 16 of the 20 most polluted cities on earth reside in China, the national development strategy for environmental protection has become more focused since the Sixth National conference on Environmental Protection in 2006. The government has...