Management accounting and integrated information systems: A literature review

In order to further advance research within management accounting and integrated information systems (IIS), an understanding of what research has already been done and what research is needed is of particular importance. The purpose of this paper is to uncover, classify and interpret current research within management accounting and IIS. This is done partly to identify research gaps and propose directions for future research and partly to guide researchers and practitioners investigating and making decisions on how to better synthesise the two areas. Based on the strengths of existing frameworks covering elements of management accounting and IIS a new and more comprehensive theoretical framework is developed. This is used as a basis for classifying and presentation of the reviewed literature in structured form. The outcome of the review is an identification of research gaps and a proposal of research opportunities within different research paradigms and with the use of different methods.     

管理会计决策中的框架效应初探——以转移定价决策为例

近年来,西方管理会计研究中,有两大趋势值得关注:第一,研究方法不断丰富,实验研究方法的地位日益凸现;第二,立足于管理会计实践,越来越多的引入行为学、心理学理论研究管理会计问题。基于此,本文引入心理学中的框架效应理论,以转移定价决策为例采取实验研究的方法,研究管理会计决策中的框架效应问题。研究表明,转移定价决策受到框架效应的影响,缓解框架效应有助于优化决策。本研究丰富了我国管理会计的研究方法,为管理会计理论与实践长期脱节现状的改观做出贡献。     

上市公司会计舞弊:国外相关研究综述与启示

国外关于上市公司会计舞弊的研究已积累了丰富的研究成果,其研究内容涉及会计舞弊的动因、识别、防范与治理等多方面,这些研究成果无疑为我国研究上市公司会计舞弊问题提供了一定的理论基础和研究方法。然而,由于中外国情和体制不同,国外研究成果对解决我国上市公司会计舞弊问题仍有一定的局限性。本文对国外关于上市公司会计舞弊的研究成果进行了回顾与评述,并提出了许多我国未来上市公司会计舞弊研究应当关注的问题。     

股权再融资与盈余管理研究辨析

对已有文献进行总结,是学术创新的重要基础。股权再融资过程中的盈余管理是值得研究的问题,本文归纳近几年的文献,从研究设计、研究技术路线、研究方法、未来研究趋势等方面对此问题进行梳理,以此来探寻关于股权再融资与盈余管理问题的研究现状及未来方向。     

高校科研经费管理存在的问题及对策探讨

科研经费是普通高校开展科研工作的重要物质基础,如何合理有效地利用科研经费是科研管理的重要内容之一。目前高校对科研经费管理不够规范,普遍存在着科研资金和资产流失严重、科研项目成本难以核算、科研经费使用效益不高、科研成果的产业化程度低等问题,针对这些问题提出了加强高校科研经费管理的对策。     

Accounting information systems research over the past decade: Past and future trends

This article reviews the extant accounting information systems (AIS) literature by conducting an analysis of AIS articles published in 18 leading accounting, management information systems, and computer science journals from 1999 to 2009 with a view to identifying whether or not the focus of AIS research has changed, and if so how it has changed, since the Poston and Grabski’s (2000) review of AIS research from 1982 to 1998. We also report our insights into where AIS research is likely to be heading in the future. We analyse each of the 395 articles identified as reporting AIS research to identify their underlying theory, research method and research topic. Our results confirm the continuing decline in analytical and model‐building research in AIS‐related research and this decline is associated with a similar decline in the use of computer science theory to motivate this research. We also find that two theoretical platforms, in particular, now account for almost half (48 per cent) of all AIS research: cognitive psychology and economics. Experimental research methods and archival studies continue to grow as the preferred methods for testing the AIS‐related theories derived from these theory domains.     

A review of Australian management accounting research: 1980–2009

This paper reviews 231 papers published by 10 leading management accounting journals between the years 1980 and 2009. The review is structured according to research topics, research settings, research theories, research method and primary data analysis technique. Based on the results of this review, the paper provides reflections on the evolution of Australian management accounting research over the last 30 years and discusses opportunities for future research.     

Paradigms,theory and management accounting practice: A comment on Parker (forthcoming) “Qualitative management accounting research: Assessing deliverables and relevance”

Parker (forthcoming) provides a valuable discussion of the state of, and prospects for, qualitative research in management accounting. This comment amplifies three issues raised in Parker's (forthcoming) review: the multi-paradigmatic nature of qualitative research and the potential that this offers for the expanded use of qualitative methods in accounting research; the role of theory in qualitative management accounting research and the need for such research to contribute to the literatures from which it draws rather than simply being a consumer of theory; and the potential for qualitative management accounting research to inform management accounting policy and practice when research gains rigor through paradigmatic bracketing.     

管理会计研究方法体系框架的构建与应用——基于国内外现有研究成果的初步分析

日益激烈的国内外竞争环境以及瞬息万变的新现象与新信息的产生,对管理会计的理论完善提出了重大挑战,为此构建中国特色的管理会计研究方法的体系框架具有重要的理论价值和现实意义。本文通过比较国内外现有研究成果中有关管理会计研究内容、研究方法和研究视角与学科来源等方面的内容,提出从多学科角度、应用多种研究方法来进行管理会计前沿问题的研究已经成为大势所趋,并初步构建了管理会计研究方法体系框架,简要阐述了该框架对未来研究领域的应用与展望。     

Judgement research in policy analysis

A primary purpose of futures research is to assist the formulation of policy; as such, futures research is an instrument of policy analysis. A parallel field of research in the behavioural sciences-judgement research-is also potentially an important instrument of policy analysis. Practitioners and consumers frequently overlook both the extent to which futures research is based heavily on judgements, and, therefore, the extent to which it would benefit from incorporating the principles and techniques of judgement research. This article explores the relationships between futures research and judgement research (and their links with policy analysis, and planning) and discusses the gains to policy analysis and formation-notably in the creative aspect of policy invention -from a linking of, and interaction between, the two areas. Two recent developments in applied research, symmetrical linkage systems (judgement research) and interactive cross-impact modelling (futures research), are used as vehicles for the discussion ; and the practical value of the behavioural sciences approach is indicated in a discussion of group decision making.     

加强农业科研院所科研经费管理的对策

科研经费是科研单位开展项目研究的物质基础,是农业科研单位生存和发展的重要保证,对农业科研院所的科研管理工作具有重要影响.加强农业科研经费财务管理工作对提高科研经费使用效益,提升单位科研能力具有重要意义.随着农业科研经费投入的不断增加,对农业科研经费的财务管理和会计核算也提出了更高的要求.本文分析了现阶段农业科研院所科研...     

小企业成功因素研究

对小企业的研究应该超越那种仅把其视为大企业"迷你版"的研究范式.基于不同研究视角,从小企业固有独特性基础上对小企业成功因素的研究形成了五种典型的研究模式,这包括单因素研究、分行业研究、成败企业对比性研究、利益相关者角度研究和综合分析性研究.     

ERP实施绩效研究:回顾与展望

从ERP实施对公司业绩的影响、决定ERP实施绩效的因素以及ERP实施效果评价标准等方面对ERP实施绩效研究文献进行了回顾和简评,并根据这些文献构建了ERP实施绩效的研究模型,以期为未来的研究提供方向.     

How much finance is in climate finance? A bibliometric review,critiques, and future research directions

This study describes and analyses the research hotspots and evolution trends in climate finance research. Seven literature clusters that elucidate how different perspectives constitute the research landscape in climate finance and two main research hotspots that form the climate finance domain are identified. The empirical results also show that the research priorities of climate finance are still less “finance-based”. In the future, finance scholars should pay more attention to the financial dimension of climate finance. Finally, the research gaps within the existing climate finance literature are identified, and 35 research questions for future research are proposed.     

Improving accounting education through the use of action research

Action research is a systematic investigative research method that educators can use to improve aspects of their educational practice. Originally adopted in school situations, action research is becoming increasingly used within higher education. First, the paper explains the action research process. Second, the action research process is applied to a small-scale project undertaken by the authors in order to assist in the development of students’ research skills by encouraging them to read primary documents for themselves. Finally, the paper discusses the use and appropriateness of action research within accounting education. Some possible implications for accounting academe are also identified. It is argued that action research, with its emphasis on continuous improvement and the promotion of scholarly activity, is consistent with the accreditation standards issued by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).     

What happened to the class of Year 2000: Examining their research and employment records

Today's academic environment requires high levels of research from faculty to earn promotion and tenure [P&T], merit pay, summer research grants, and other university resources. Increasingly rigorous doctoral programs have increased the competition for publishing high quality academic research. Those individuals seeking faculty positions should recognize the varying research standards of different strata of accounting programs. Most P&T committees compare candidates' research productivity to that of schools in their strata (i.e., their peer or aspirational schools). This study thus examines the research productivity through 2009 for all Year 2000 graduates from U.S. accounting doctoral programs. Information is categorized by different strata of schools to highlight current research accomplishments, and, by implication, research requirements. These results should help faculty and university administrators make better informed decisions.     

Developing an effective deep support network for individual investors

Providing investment research to meet the needs of the growing number of individual retail investors is an important opportunity. The broad variation in current stock research performance challenges investors to evaluate and select stock research. Evaluating stock research is difficult because developing stock research is a difficult and complex task. The research is largely an expression of the tacit knowledge of the analysts. This paper presents the concept, an effective deep support network to aid investors. An effective deep support network provides appropriate information from various providers that can be customisable and empowering to the individual investors. It allows them to incorporate their own judgment and to learn through experience. By meeting the real needs of retail investors, an effective deep support network could provide a competitive advantage for firms in financial services especially stock research firms.     

高等教育和科学效率评价研究综述

高等教育和科学研究的投入-产出效率评价对解决科教资源稀缺性有着重要的意义。本文通过对近年来国内外有关应用DEA方法研究高等教育、科研效率的主要研究成果进行综述,分别从评价问题层面、评价模型的改进与发展等角度进行梳理和归纳,并对其在本领域内未来的发展方向做以展望。     

20 years of studies on the balanced scorecard: Trends,accomplishments, gaps and opportunities for future research

Robert Kaplan and David Norton introduced the Balanced Scorecard in their 1992 Harvard Business Review article. 2012 marks 20 years since that article. This anniversary has motivated me to review the state of research on the balanced scorecard, to highlight gaps in that research and to outline some ideas for further research. To this end, I reviewed 114 articles published in 25 accounting journals and 67 articles in business and management journals in the period 1992–2011. The findings of this literature review are presented in three parts. First, the reviewed articles are categorised by topics, research settings, theories, research method, and primary data analysis techniques. Second, the contributions of research to the field and the lessons learned from these studies are discussed. Third, knowledge gaps in existing balanced scorecard research are identified, leading to consideration of several ideas for future research. The last section offers my final remarks.     

Twenty-one years of critical resistance—almost: A reflection

This is a paper presented to accounting researchers at the 20th annual research conference at the University of Wollongong. The conference was designed to promote accounting research employing alternative and qualitative research methodologies. The paper is a reflection on the history of the conference and presents a call to researchers to maintain the spirit of critique that was the original intention of the conference. It argues that research informed by poststructuralist philosophers is a most appropriate basis for such research.