The ascent of knowledge economy and the advance of ICT have placed e-learning as a mainstream application by providing knowledge workers with learning experiences that are accessible, timely and affordable. Accountants constitute a professional group whose work has been significantly affected by...

Purpose: In this paper we examine the standard-setting process at the central government level in a country operating under special circumstances of financial strain. More specifically, we analyze the decision-making process under which the new modified cash-based set of accounting standards was...

Purpose: This paper explores the role the Troika's advent played in the progress of the budgeting and the financial reporting systems reformat the Greek central government level.Design/methodology/approach: The approach of an extreme country-case study is adopted. The data used in the paper have...

The article examines the timetable of the introduction and the sudden abandoning of program budgeting in Greece. The analysis is conducted through the lens of neo-institutional theory, organizational change theory and the resource dependency model. The framework developed is informed by archival...

This paper examines the suitability of different accounting bases in providing useful information to support privatization decisions of state-owned property. More specifically, a comparison is conducted between the recently adopted Greek Governmental Accounting Standards (GGAS) that follow a...

The paper aims to examine earnings management practices in local governments, focusing on two Mediterranean countries, namely Greece and Italy that have comparable administration systems. According to public choice theory, the conflicting interests between politicians who pursue re-election and...