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Research Publications

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Our research publications are listed below by year of publication.

2010

Theme

Title

Audit and assurance Meeting the needs? User Views on External Assurance and Management Commentary
Other business issues The good, the bad and the ugly: A discussion of the impact of regulatory reform on the UK credit union sector
Financial reporting Intellectual Capital Reporting: Academic Utopia or Corporate Reality in a Brave New World?
Financial reporting Measuring and Assessing Tone at the Top Using Annual Report CEO Letters
Financial reporting Intellectual Capital Disclosure Practices and Effects on the Cost of Equity Capital: UK Evidence
Other susiness issues Recognising Workforce Health as a Key Organisational Asset: A Study of Current Thinking and Practice

2009

Other business issues Corporate Share Repurchases: The Perceptions and Practices of UK Financial Managers and Corporate Investors
Corporate communications

The Influence of the Business Review on Reporting Key Performance Indicators in the UK Media Sector

Corporate governance

Corporate Governance and Corporate Performance: UK FTSE 350 Companies

Not-for-profit sector

An Exploration of Scottish Charities' Governance and Accountability

Not-for-profit sector

Financial Black Holes: Accounting for Privately Financed Roads in the UK

Audit and assurance

Competition, Choice and Governance in the UK Audit Market: Interview Evidence

2008

Financial reporting

The Implementation of IFRS in the UK, Italy and Ireland

Corporate governance

Reporting on Internal Control in the UK and the US

Development of the profession

An Analysis of the Role of the Textbook in the Construction of Accounting Knowledge

Ethics and integrity

What do you do now? Ethical Issues Encountered by Chartered Accountants

Financial reporting

The Boys in the Bubble: Searching for Intangible Value in Internet Stocks

Corporate governance

Corporate Governance in Alternative Investment Market (AIM) Companies

Other business issues

The Impact of Financial Incentives on Decision Making: Further Evidence

Development of the profession

Their Own Accounts: Views of Prominent 20th Century Accountants

2007

Financial reporting

Regulating Accounting in Foreign Invested Firms in China: From Mao to Deng

Other business issues

Credit Rating Agencies: Meeting the Needs of the Market?

Not-for-profit sector

NHS Resource Accounting in Wales: Problems of Implementation

Development of the profession

The Accounting Profession in British West Africa

Financial reporting

Intellectual Capital Reporting: Lessons from Hong Kong and Australia

Development of the profession

Women of ICAS Reaching the Top: The Demise of the Glass Ceiling

Financial reporting

The Evolution of Reserve and Provision Accounting in the UK, 1938-50

Development of the profession

The Development of an Audit Learning Package: SCAM

Financial reporting

Words, Pictures and Intangibles in the Corporate Report

Ethics and integrity

Ethics and the Professional Accounting Firm: A Literature Review

2006

Ethics and integrity

Ethics and the Individual Professional Accountant: A Literature Review

Other business issues

The Impact of Financial Incentives on Decision Making

Corporate communications

A Model of Corporate Financial Communications

2005

Ethics and integrity

Ethics in Business: A Literature Review

Development of the profession

Giving an Account: Life Histories of Four CAs

Audit and assurance

The Role of Auditors, Reporting Accountants and Skilled Persons in UK Financial Services Supervision

Financial reporting

The Business of Football: Image Management in Narrative Communication

2004

Ethics and integrity

Taking Ethics to Heart

Corporate communications

A Survey of European Investor Relations

Audit and assurance

A Comparative Analysis of Auditor Independence in Economies in Transition

Development of the profession

ICAS: 150 Years and Still Counting – A Celebration

Corporate communications

The Development of Corporate Web-sites and Implications for Ethical, Social and Environmental Reporting through these Media

Corporate governance

The Turnbull Report, Internal Control and Risk Management: The Developing Role of Internal Audit

Audit and assurance

Audit Expectation Performance Gap in the United Kingdom in 1999 and Comparison with the Gap in New Zealand in 1989 and in 1999

Corporate communications

Corporate Intangibles, Value Relevance and Disclosure Content

Audit and assurance

AUDITQUAL: Dimensions of Audit Quality

Development of the profession

Towards the ‘Great Desideratum’. The Unification of the Accountancy Bodies in England 1870-1880

2003

Corporate governance

The Future of Corporate Governance: Insights from the UK

Financial reporting

The Management of Intellectual Capital and its implications for Business Reporting

Not-for-profit sector

Performance Reporting by UK Charities: Approaches, Difficulties and Current Practice

Not-for-profit sector

The Transformation of the Public Sector - The Role of Accounting in Sustaining Change

Financial reporting

The Case for Deprival Value

Corporate governance

Opinion Shopping and the Role of Audit Committees when Audit Firms are Dismissed: The US Experience

2002

Financial reporting

Voluntary Annual Report Disclosures: What Users Want

Not-for-profit sector

From Bureaucracy to Responsive Management: A Comparative Study of Local Government Change

2001

Corporate communications

Business Reporting: Harnessing the Power of the Internet for Users

Development of the profession

A Future for the Accountancy Profession: The Quest for Closure and Integration 1957-1970

Other business issues

Recording an Empire: An Accounting History of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd 1926-1976

Development of the profession

The Professional Accountancy Bodies and the Provision of Education and Training in Relation to Environmental Issues

Corporate governance

Attitudes of UK Managers to Risk and Uncertainty

Corporate communications

Institutional Investors, Accounting Information and the ASB

2000

Financial reporting

Reaction to Company Law Review Proposals on Reporting and Accounting

Development of the profession

A Comparative Study of Undergraduate and Professional Education in the Professions of Accountancy, Law and Architecture

Development of the profession

27 Queen Street: The stones have spoken. Home of Scottish Chartered Accountants 1891-2000

Corporate governance

The Future of Corporate Governance: Insights from The Netherlands

1999

Financial reporting

Business Reporting: The Inevitable Change

Corporate communications

Corporate Communications: Views of Institutional Investors and Lenders

Corporate communications

Investor Relations Meetings: Views of Companies, Institutional Investors and Analysts

Development of the profession

Pre-selecting Graduates who Succeed in Passing Chartered Accountancy Examinations: Evaluation of the Process

1998

Corporate communications

Disclosure of Profit Forecasts during Takeovers: Evidence from Directors and Advisors

Financial reporting

The Valuation of Assets and Liabilities: Environmental Law and the Impact of the Environmental Agenda for Business

Development of the profession

Professional Reconstruction: The Coordination of the Accountancy Bodies 1930-1957

Not-for-profit sector

Inside Hospital Trusts: Management Styles, Accounting Constraints

1997

Audit and assurance

Audit Automation: The Use of Information Technology in the Planning, Controlling and Recording of Audit Work

Corporate communications

Corporate Communications with Institutional Shareholders

Not-for-profit sector

A Question of Trust: Regulators and the Regulatory Regime for Privatised Utilities

Not-for-profit sector

GP Fundholders: Agents of Change

1996

Corporate communications

Investor Relations: Meeting the Analysts

Financial reporting

Operating and Financial Review: Experiences and Exploration

1995

Financial reporting

Operating and Financial Review: A Survey of Compliance with the Spirit of the ASB's Guidance

1994

Development of the Profession The Flaming Torch

Financial reporting

Operating and Financial Review: Views of Analysts and Institutional Investors

1993

Audit and assurance

Auditing into the Twenty-first Century

Financial reporting

Making Corporate Reports Valuable: A Feasibility Study - The Post Office

Financial reporting

Orchestra plc

Financial reporting

MCRV: A Survey of Corporate Reporting Practices by Major UK Companies: Vol 1: The Report; Vol 2: The Exhibits

1992

Financial reporting

SSAP 15: Accounting for Deferred Taxation

Financial reporting

SSAP 19: Accounting for Investment Properties

Development of the profession

A Survey of the Valuation Practices of Professional Accounting Firms

1991

Not-for-profit sector

Local Authority Financial Reporting: Communication, Sophistry or Obfuscation

Financial reporting

EC Financial Reporting Harmonisation: The Mask of Comparability

Not-for profit sector

Government Accounting

Other business issues

Management Information and External Reporting: Six Case Studies

1990

Financial reporting

Melody plc: Annual Report

1989

Financial reporting

Accounting for Brands

1988

Corporate governance Audit Committees

Financial reporting

Making Corporate Reports Valuable

Development of the profession

Accounting Research - Academic Trends versus Practical Needs

Not-for-profit sector

Financial Reporting by Local Authorities in Scotland

1987

Corporate communications

Efficient Markets and Financial Reporting

Not-for-profit sector

Achieving Economy, Efficiency and Effectiveness in the Public Sector

1982

Financial reporting

A True and Fair View in Company Accounts

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