Concerns about the homogenization of accounting research have been expressed over an extended period of time. To understand the factors sustaining the persistence and spread of homogeneity we draw on Sewell’s (1992) development of Giddens (1976, 1979, 1981, 1984) ‘duality of structure’....

This chapter is about Dick Hubbard and the business he founded and continues to own - Hubbard Foods (Hubbards). It is based on wide-ranging interviews and site visits that formed part of a larger study. The chapter is focused on how Hubbards builds and implements strategy and the use of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the measurement and monitoring of social responsibility within the management control system (MCS) of an organisation that subscribes to a stakeholder and social responsibility approach and to propose a framework that provides for the...

Purpose – Decision speed, flexibility, and innovation have often been cited as key ingredients to business success on the turbulent twenty‐first century business landscape. Sets out to argue that the increasing emphasis on legal and regulatory compliance, the push for which can be attributed...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the measurement and monitoring of social responsibility within the management control system (MCS) of an organisation that subscribes to a stakeholder and social responsibility approach and to propose a framework that provides for the...