"'Research Methods in Accounting' provides students and researchers with a thorough understanding of the research process. This book has been updated to include new topics, trends, research and references in accounting"--

Adopts an empirical approach to demonstrate that a marked difference exists between the terms “readability” and “understandability”, suggesting that “reading ease”, as measured by formulae like FLESCH and LIX based on word and sentence complexity, conveys data which may be different...

Purpose – The paper aims to provide a longitudinal view of successful turnaround phases and of how management accounting practices played a significant role in improving performance in one company. Design/methodology/approach – The company provided internal documents to cover the period of...

Purpose – To examine the likelihood of successfully implementing activity‐based costing (ABC) in a university setting. Design/methodology/approach – A case‐based method is adopted, through the survey of participants in one ABC implementation. Findings – A positive association was...

Purpose – The paper aims to provide a longitudinal view of successful turnaround phases and of how management accounting practices played a significant role in improving performance in one company. Design/methodology/approach – The company provided internal documents to cover the period of...