Robert William Scapens

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PhD Accounting University of Manchester
Masters Accounting University of Manchester
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Conceptualizing management accounting change: an institutional framework☆ (2000) (1487)
Accounting systems and systems of accountability — understanding accounting practices in their organisational contexts (1985) (998)
Researching management accounting practice: The role of case study methods (1990) (962)
ERP systems and management accounting change: opportunities or impacts? A research note (2003) (561)
Never mind the gap: towards an institutional perspective on management accounting practice (1994) (536)
Research Methods and Methodology in Finance and Accounting (2002) (501)
Understanding management accounting practices: A personal journey (2006) (462)
STRUCTURATION THEORY IN MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING. (1990) (443)
Doing case study research (2004) (374)
Accounting and control: a case study of resistance to accounting change (1993) (349)
Stability and change: an institutionalist study of management accounting change (2005) (326)
Accountability and Accountable Management in the UK Public Sector (1993) (258)
Trust for accounting and accounting for trust (2006) (239)
Institutional Theories and Management Accounting Change: Contributions, Issues and Paths for Development (2006) (228)
Performance Management in Universities: Effects of the Transition to More Quantitative Measurement Systems (2012) (225)
Corporatisation and Accounting Change: The Role of Accounting and Accountants in a Malaysian Public Utility (2007) (223)
Methodological themes : Theories and case studies of organizational accounting practices: limitation or liberation? (1996) (203)
Management Accounting Change in the UK (1999) (142)
The image of accountants: From bean counters to extreme accountants (2008) (137)
The governance of lateral relations between and within organisations (2008) (129)
Management Accounting Research: 25 Years On (2016) (118)
Issues in Management Accounting (2007) (110)
Structure and agency in management accounting research: a response to Boland's interpretive act (1996) (109)
Institutionalization and practice variation in the management control of a global/local setting (2009) (96)
PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND FORMAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CONTROLS IN DIVISIONALISED COMPANIES (1981) (95)
Editorial Report—Management Accounting Research: the first decade (2001) (91)
Seeking the relevance of interpretive research: A contribution to the polyphonic debate (2008) (85)
Management Accounting Research: 20 years on (2010) (82)
External financial reporting and management information: a survey of UK management accountants (1996) (82)
SAP: integrated information systems and the implications for management accountants (1998) (80)
Using grounded theory in interpretive management accounting research (2008) (68)
The Future Direction of UK Management Accounting Practice (2003) (67)
The Challenge of Management Accounting Change: behavioural and cultural aspects of change management (2003) (65)
Cost allocation in Britain: towards an institutional analysis (2000) (65)
Management Accounting: A Review of Contemporary Developments (1985) (64)
Management accounting research: the first decade (2001) (64)
The Business Values Scorecard within BAE Systems: the evolution of a performance measurement system (2008) (63)
Research Methods and Methodology in Accounting and Finance (2nd Edition) (2002) (62)
Accounting as Discipline (1990) (58)
The localisation of a global management control system (2011) (58)
The use of management control mechanisms by public organizations with a network coordination role: A case study in the port industry (2011) (57)
Management accounting systems and organisational culture: Interpreting their linkages and processes of change (2011) (55)
Transparency, accounting knowledge and perceived fairness in UK universities. Resource allocation: results from a survey of accounting and finance (2000) (55)
EXPLAINING CORPORATE FAILURE: A CATASTROPHE THEORY APPROACH (1981) (51)
The Changing Nature of Issues in Management Accounting (1995) (48)
The governance of inter-organisational relationships during different supply chain maturity phases (2015) (47)
Does financial accounting dominate management accounting—a research note☆ (1992) (45)
Regulation and adaptation of management accounting innovations: The case of economic value added in Thai state-owned enterprises (2017) (44)
Handbook of qualitative research methods for international business (2004) (42)
Some Further Thoughts on the Changing Practice of Management Accounting Practice (1996) (42)
Management Accounting — A Survey Paper (1984) (41)
Theories and Case Studies: Limitation or Liberation? (1996) (41)
Management accounting research in China (1993) (39)
The Objectives of Published Accounting Reports (1974) (38)
Theories and case studies of organisational accounting practices: limitation or liberation? (1996) (38)
The role of case study methods in management accounting research: A personal reflection and reply (1992) (37)
Co-ordination of internal transactions at Hoogovens Steel; struggling with the tension between performance-oriented business units and the concept of an integrated company (2001) (36)
Financial Control of Divisional Capital Investment (1982) (33)
Governing product co-development projects : the role of minimal structures (2015) (31)
Accounting and Financial Control in a Socialist Enterprise: A Case Study from Algeria (1989) (31)
Images of the profession (1977) (31)
The Evolution of Cost-based Pricing Rules in Britain: An institutionalist perspective (2003) (28)
Broadening the scope of management accounting: from a micro-economic to a broader business perspective (1999) (25)
Management Accounting, Organizational Theory and Capital Budgeting (1984) (25)
Beyond Compliance: why integrated governance matters today (2005) (24)
Accounting in inter-organisational relationships: The institutional theory perspective (2010) (23)
The role of identity and image in shaping management accounting change (2016) (23)
Power, ERP systems and resistance to management accounting: a case study (2004) (22)
Towards an Understanding of the Nature and Processes of Management Accounting Change (2000) (22)
Practice, theory and paradigms (2010) (22)
TRANSFER PRICING BY MULTINATIONALS: SOME EVIDENCE FROM BANGLADESH (1986) (21)
Management accounting research and practice (1983) (21)
Changing Times: management accounting research and practice from a UK perspective (2006) (21)
Performance Measurement in Universities: A Comparative Study of Two A&F Groups in the Netherlands and the UK (2009) (21)
External reporting and management decisions : a study of their interrelationship in UK companies (1996) (20)
The management accountant's role (2009) (20)
Financial reporting by multinational enterprises: Accounting policy choice in a developing country (1988) (19)
Institutions, Situated Rationality and Agency in Management Accounting: Extending the Burns and Scapens Framework (2018) (19)
Management accounting and strategic control: implications for management accounting research (1998) (18)
The challenge of management accounting change: behavioural and cultural aspects of management accounting (2003) (17)
Topics in management accounting (1980) (17)
Path‐dependencies, constrained transformations and dynamic agency: An accounting case study informed by both ANT and NIS (2013) (16)
Profit measurement in divisionalized companies (1979) (16)
When Culture Matters: Processes of Organizational Learning and Transformation (2002) (16)
Management Accounting Systems and Organisational Culture: an Institutional Framework for Interpreting their Linkages and Processes of Change* (2000) (16)
Accounting in an Inflationary Environment (1977) (15)
Trust and Control in Evolving Inter-organisational Relationships: Evidence from the Aerospace Industry (2017) (15)
External Reporting and Management Decisions (1997) (15)
Integrating global organizations through performance measurement systems (2006) (15)
The many skills of the case researcher (2004) (14)
Issues in Management Accounting, 3rd Edition. (1995) (14)
Rhetoric and case study research: response to Joni Young and Alistair Preston and to Sue Llewellyn (1996) (14)
Professional accounting media: accountants handing over control to the system (2010) (14)
How important is practice-relevant management accounting research? (2012) (14)
Organizational routines in accounting (2008) (13)
Inter-Organisational Cost Management (2006) (13)
Management Accounting Practice (1985) (12)
Management accounting, organizational theory and capital budgeting : three surveys (1984) (12)
Research methods and methodoloy in accounting and finance (2002) (12)
The embeddedness of accounting outsourcing relationships (2013) (11)
Institutions, Rationality and Agency in Management Accounting: Rethinking and Extending the Burns and Scapens Framework (2014) (10)
Performance Related Pay: A Case Study of a Small Business (1997) (10)
The Crunch for Numbers (1997) (10)
The Real Life Guide to Accounting Research (2004) (10)
Accounting, Accountability and the ?New? UK Public Sector?, Editorial for a Dedicated Issue on the UK Public Sector (1993) (9)
Management Accounting and Accountants in the Public Sector: The Challenges Presented by Public Private Partnerships (PPP) (2006) (9)
Expanding the horizons (1987) (8)
The Case Study as Research Method: A Practical Handbook (2011) (8)
Towards 'Integrated Governance': The Role of Performance Measurement Systems (2006) (8)
CORPORATE REPORT READERSHIP AND USAGE IN THE NETHERLANDS (1981) (7)
Forming mixed-type inter-organisational relationships in Sub-Saharan Africa: The role of institutional logics, social identities and institutionally embedded agency (2021) (7)
Accounting for the effects of changing prices (1983) (7)
Management accounting and power: A contested relationship (2006) (7)
Chinese accounting reform: reasons and effects (2013) (6)
Whatever Happened to the Liontamers: An Examination of Accounting Change in the UK Public Sector (1992) (6)
Reactions on reading "the withering of criticism"; (2005) (6)
The treatment of inflation in the published accounts of companies in overseas countries : a report prepared for the Research Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (1975) (6)
Pluralist ontology: Comments on Llewellyn (2007) (2008) (5)
Beyond compliance: why integrated governance matters today: the idea is for financial professionals to help their companies address performance and knowledge management, too (2005) (5)
Dealing with the Unknown: Leading in uncertain times by rethinking the design of management accounting and reporting systems (2016) (5)
Contemporary Issues in Management Accounting (2006) (5)
20th Anniversary Issue (2010) (5)
Coordination of internal transactions at Hoogovens Steel (1999) (5)
Chinese Public Finance Framework: A Contextual Analysis (2010) (5)
The Changing Roles and Changing Discourse of the Management Accountant: 1980-2008 (2008) (4)
From persuasive to authoritative speech genres : Writing accounting research for a practitioner audience (2014) (4)
Chinese Public Finance Framework: A Critical Analysis (2010) (3)
Beyond Compliance: an Integrated Governance Framework (2006) (3)
Case Studies in Current Cost Accounting (1983) (3)
The Objectives of Published Accounting Reports: Reply to a Comment (1975) (3)
Agency Theory and Management Accounting (1985) (2)
THE GEARING ADJUSTMENT: AN ECONOMIC PROFIT PERSPECTIVE (1983) (2)
Current Cost Accounting as a Surrogate for Dividend Paying Ability (1978) (2)
When crisis arises and the need for change confronts individuals: Trust for Accounting and Accounting for Trust (2001) (2)
A Neoclassical Measure of Profit (2016) (2)
Dealing with the Unknown (2016) (2)
Accounting, learning and cultural integration (2005) (2)
Anthony Hopwood 1944–2010 (2010) (2)
A NEOCLASSICAL MEASURE OF PROFIT: AN EXTENSION FOR UNCERTAINTY (1983) (2)
The Role of Performance Measurement Systems within Global Organisations (2006) (1)
The governance of collaborative product development (2018) (1)
EditorialFrameworks for performance management and control systems research (2009) (1)
Appraisal of Capital Projects (1977) (1)
Handbook of organizational routines (2008) (1)
Accounting in Inter-Organisation Relationships: The Institutional Theory Perspective (2010) (1)
Building an Integrated Governance Framework (2006) (1)
Commentary on Stanley Harding's lecture: A business partner in the 1960s in finance (2013) (1)
Beyond boundaries - The benefits of IOCM (2007) (1)
Some Possible Future Developments (1985) (0)
Cost—Volume— Profit Analysis (1985) (0)
Current-Value Accounting II—Methods (1981) (0)
Norman Macintosh (1933–2011) (2011) (0)
Constant Purchasing Power Accounting II—Application (1977) (0)
Value of Information (1985) (0)
Variance Investigation Models (1985) (0)
Downloading, uploading or glocalising? Understanding the Basel III standardisation of loan renegotiation practices in Sweden (2017) (0)
Finance in the broader sense: Stanley Harding's visionary 1963 lecture on the role of finance (2013) (0)
Statistical Regression Analysis (1985) (0)
Sustaining a Qualitative Research Tradition (2010) (0)
Institutional Theory and Management Accounting Research (2012) (0)
Analysing Sociomaterial Imbrication: Smartphone and Big Data in Hotel’s Service Performance Measurement and Management (22) (2017) (0)
Organisatieverandering en management accounting (2000) (0)
Current-Value Accounting I—Concepts (1977) (0)
The Conventional Wisdom (1985) (0)
The Influence of External Reporting (1997) (0)
Issues in Management Accounting, -3/E (2019) (0)
Integrating Organisations Through Performance Measures (2006) (0)
Sustaining a qualitative research tradition: Accounts of a doctoral educational experience in Groningen (2010) (0)
Cost Allocation Models (1985) (0)
DP 2006 – 11 Management Accounting and Power : a Contested Relationship (2006) (0)
Constant Purchasing Power Accounting I—Concepts (1977) (0)
Post World War II Management Accounting in Retrospect (1991) (0)
Integration organizations through performance measurement systems (2006) (0)
Commentary on Stanley Harding’s Lecture (2013) (0)
Finance Business Partners on a Path to Knowledge: Embrace uncertainty by adopting a principles-based approach to business partnering (2020) (0)
Simplified Models and Empirical Studies (1985) (0)
Private sector: BAE Systems (Case study). (2005) (0)
Changing Times: changes in management accounting research practice (2006) (0)
New editorial board members (2000) (0)
Management and accounting innovations: reflecting on what they are and why they are adopted (2014) (0)
The Changing Role of the Controller: The Anti-thesis (2010) (0)
Announcement: David Solomons Prize (2002) (0)
Book Review - Activity Accounting: An Activity-Based Costing Approach, Brimson James A.. Wiley/National Association of Accountants (1991), x+214 pp. £39.80 (hbk) (1992) (0)
Case Studies: Private Sector: BAE systems (2005) (0)
Multiple accountability and financial probity, a field based study (2009) (0)
Planning and Control (1977) (0)
Editorial board changes (2010) (0)
Logics and liminality - understanding post crisis reporting requirements in a well-functioning bank (2017) (0)
A longitudinal case study of Hoogovens Steel's co-ordination of internal transactions (2003) (0)
Impact of Mobile Platforms on Performance Management: An Imbrication Perspective (2018) (0)
Digital Platforms, Surveillance and Processes of Demoralization (2020) (0)
Accountancy called to book in quest for value (1997) (0)
Intra-organisational Change: an institutional perspective (2004) (0)
Call for Papers: Fourth Workshop on Management Accounting Change (2002) (0)