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  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
8,914 Views
21 Pages

The purpose of this paper is twofold. Firstly, we aim to investigate the relationships among environmental uncertainty, broad-scope and timely management accounting information usefulness, and (traditional and contemporary) management accounting prac...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,043 Views
20 Pages

25 October 2020

Concerns regarding the development of environmental accounting have been around for decades. This work is an update to some of the previous questions around the development of ecological accounting to see how this has changed over the last two decade...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,676 Views
16 Pages

The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) do not make explicit provisions, in terms of a specifically dedicated standard, for the accounting treatment of cryptocurrencies. This creates uncertainty, and guidance is therefore required in t...

  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
26 Citations
9,584 Views
24 Pages

27 November 2020

Nowadays, the speed of changes in practical activities and scientific research in the field of sustainable development has not yet allowed to clearly indicate the role of accounting in this area. Therefore, the main goal of the paper is to present su...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,618 Views
33 Pages

Accounting manipulation undermines the integrity of financial reporting and can distort key performance indicators, yet its quantitative effects on accounting quality (AQ) and value-related metrics remain underexplored. This study analyses U.S. publi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,120 Views
17 Pages

The accounting profession is undergoing significant changes due to revolutions in technology and markets. It is ever more important for higher education institutions (HEIs) to understand how to prepare professionals and students for the not-so-distan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Citations
22,848 Views
25 Pages

22 February 2021

Management accountants have proven to be pivotal for introducing new forms of accounting and reporting in companies to support managers in their decision-making process. The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on the role management acc...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,588 Views
25 Pages

Natural Capital Accounting for Land in Rwanda

  • Grace Nishimwe,
  • Didier Milindi Rugema,
  • Claudine Uwera,
  • Cor Graveland,
  • Jesper Stage,
  • Swaib Munyawera and
  • Gabriel Ngabirame

22 June 2020

Land, as a valuable natural resource, is an important pillar of Rwanda’s sustainable development. The majority of Rwanda’s 80% rural population rely on agriculture for their livelihood, and land is crucial for agriculture. However, since...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
7,136 Views
9 Pages

31 August 2018

The aim of this paper is to show the mathematical basis for a precise treatment of double-entry bookkeeping, which was first developed in the nineteenth century by Sir William Rowan Hamilton. This is done by using basic notions of matrix algebra foun...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,497 Views
16 Pages

Despite the technological leaps modern accounting systems have brought about, fraud is still prevalent. This necessitates spending time and money on audits. Connecting modern accounting ledgers to a public blockchain would make accounting records eas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,413 Views
15 Pages

Environmental Management Accounting and Accountability for Circular Eco-Innovation Projects

  • Pilar Portillo-Tarragona,
  • Víctor Kuba-Khoury,
  • Alfonso Aranda-Usón and
  • Sabina Scarpellini

9 March 2025

Investments in circular eco-innovation projects require rigorous measurement and management accounting to assess environmental performance and enable circular economy reporting. Using a double-focused theoretical framework, a methodology is proposed...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
17,662 Views
16 Pages

Environmental Accounting and Sustainability: A Meta-Synthesis

  • Sheela Sundarasen,
  • Usha Rajagopalan and
  • Ahnaf Ali Alsmady

28 October 2024

This study conducts a comprehensive meta-synthesis of review-based research on environmental accounting, spanning from 1995 to 2024. Environmental accounting, also known as green accounting, has evolved as a critical tool for integrating sustainabili...

  • Article
  • Open Access
58 Citations
20,295 Views
25 Pages

Digitization of Accounting: The Premise of the Paradigm Shift of Role of the Professional Accountant

  • Dan Marius Coman,
  • Constantin Aurelian Ionescu,
  • Anișoara Duică,
  • Mihaela Denisa Coman,
  • Marilena Carmen Uzlau,
  • Sorina Geanina Stanescu and
  • Violeta State

25 March 2022

The current pandemic crisis has led to a paradigm shift in the economy. Expressions such as digital transformation and digitalization of business are common in the communication channels of economic entities, which want to benefit from the advantages...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,438 Views
34 Pages

31 October 2024

The accounting profession plays a crucial role in serving public interest by establishing the foundation for sustainable development and taking on social responsibility. The growing focus on sustainability practices of companies and stakeholders has...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,599 Views
13 Pages

24 March 2020

System dynamics implementations of financial statements are currently limited by the lack of a simple to use, yet sufficiently detailed model that operationally replicates the accounting reporting process for the income statement, balance sheet, cash...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,582 Views
20 Pages

Contemporary Management Accounting Practices (MAPs) were developed to address the weaknesses of traditional practices and to meet financial managers’ need for accurate and timely information. Consequently, they contribute to optimal decision-ma...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
11,642 Views
39 Pages

Cryptocurrencies’ Impact on Accounting: Bibliometric Review

  • Georgiana-Iulia Lazea,
  • Ovidiu-Constantin Bunget and
  • Cristian Lungu

11 June 2024

This bibliometric study explores the cryptocurrency accounting (CA) literature and the connections between authors, institutions, and countries where cryptocurrency activity involves transactions that must be legally recognized in accounting, ensure...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,649 Views
18 Pages

27 January 2018

Climate accounting for financial portfolios has seen growing prominence in the past years, thanks to both private and public sector initiatives. Over 200 financial institutions have conducted some form of portfolio analysis. In the context of this gr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
8,691 Views
23 Pages

This study conducts a bibliometric analysis of the scientific literature on digital, automated, and AI-assisted accounting systems. The data include documents listed in the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The analysis identifies the main authors...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,554 Views
28 Pages

Review of Sustainability Accounting Terms

  • Miriam Jankalová and
  • Radoslav Jankal

29 June 2024

Sustainability accounting is considered a subcategory of financial accounting that focuses on the disclosure of non-financial information about a company’s performance to external parties. Various definitions of sustainability accounting by dif...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,378 Views
26 Pages

Accounting Contribution to Sustainable Development

  • Miriam Jankalová and
  • Radoslav Jankal

18 December 2024

The initial studies that connected accounting and sustainability concentrated on the shortcomings of traditional accounting as well as the boundaries of the underlying accounting philosophy, which typically emphasizes monetary, quantitative measures...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,137 Views
21 Pages

An Applying Colored Petri Net for Computerized Accounting System and Ledger Accounts Instruction

  • Chanon Dechsupa,
  • Wiwat Vatanawood,
  • Worawit Poolsawasdi and
  • Arthit Thongtak

12 December 2021

Many learners who are not familiar with the accounting terms find blended learning very complex to understand with respect to the computerized accounting system, the journal entries process, and tracing the accounting transaction flows of accounting...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
7,217 Views
25 Pages

Dissemination of Social Accounting Information: A Bibliometric Review

  • Margarida Rodrigues,
  • Maria do Céu Alves,
  • Cidália Oliveira,
  • Vera Vale,
  • José Vale and
  • Rui Silva

The discussion in recent decades about sustainable development issues has given rise to a new accounting dimension: social accounting. Currently, this issue remains an emerging theme. Although there are some studies and literature reviews, none inclu...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
13,298 Views
43 Pages

The aim of this study is to analyze and synthesize the key challenges that are prevalent in the application of blockchain in accounting and auditing, to study the approaches to account for cryptocurrencies, to study the effect of blockchain on the ac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,044 Views
10 Pages

This paper examines the little-known connection between econometrics and accounting invoked by Paweł Ciompa, who first introduced the term econometrics in 1910. Since then, research in accounting and in statistical (econometric) analysis has dev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,110 Views
16 Pages

Digitized Accounting and Obstacles to Optimized Strategic Decisions

  • Garyfallos Fragidis,
  • Alkiviadis Karagiorgos,
  • Grigorios Lazos and
  • Giorgos Tsanidis

The rapid developments in technology have brought about significant changes regarding accounting information extraction as a tool for optimized administrative and strategic decisions. The implementation of electronic bookkeeping as a dynamic applicat...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
16 Citations
12,756 Views
10 Pages

Digitalization of Accounting Profession: An Opportunity or a Risk for Future Accountants?

  • Yunita Awang,
  • Shazalina Mohamed Shuhidan,
  • Azuraidah Taib,
  • Norfadzilah Rashid and
  • Mohd Sidki Hasan

IR4.0 has transformed the global industrial landscape including the accounting profession. Thus, accountants have significant opportunities to enhance their digitalized skills and knowledge but are at risk if they do not comprehend how the workplace...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
8,486 Views
17 Pages

The Concept of Carbon Accounting in Manufacturing Systems and Supply Chains

  • Rashmeet Kaur,
  • John Patsavellas,
  • Yousef Haddad and
  • Konstantinos Salonitis

19 December 2023

Carbon accounting is primarily a process for measuring, reporting, and allocating greenhouse gas emissions from human activities, thus enabling informed decision-making to mitigate climate change and foster responsible resource management. There is a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,358 Views
17 Pages

26 October 2023

This quantitative research study delves into the adoption of management accounting tools (MATs) and their impact on organizational performance and sustainability within the provincial branches of the Supreme Audit Agency of the Republic of Indonesia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,874 Views
22 Pages

2 February 2023

This study aims to advance the conceptualisation of materiality in sustainability accounting by tackling theoretical deficiencies that remain unresolved in the current understanding of materiality. In doing so, we integrate accountability and stakeho...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,729 Views
38 Pages

Carbon Accounting in Construction Engineering: Methodology and Applications

  • Yuechen Wu,
  • Chaofeng Zhang,
  • Yanzhao Liu,
  • Wenxuan Deng,
  • Sanpo Jike and
  • Fushen Liu

1 June 2025

In the context of global carbon peak and carbon neutrality, this work proposes a carbon accounting method for construction project based on life-cycle assessment (LCA) and construction cost quota. By incorporating national standards, relevant databas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
11,699 Views
14 Pages

22 January 2024

Companies depend on the trust and confidence of the general public to thrive. The integrity of financial reporting practices plays a pivotal role in establishing and sustaining stakeholders’ confidence. This trust serves as a foundational corne...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,016 Views
23 Pages

13 October 2024

Accounting account codes are created within a specific logic framework to systematically and accurately record a company’s financial transactions. Currently, accounting reports are processed manually, which increases the likelihood of errors an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
731 Views
30 Pages

22 November 2025

This study examines how gender dynamics shape greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting and carbon accountability in a Mediterranean maritime agency. It adopts an interpretive single-case study design with ethnographic elements, combining interviews, document...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
8,498 Views
16 Pages

29 August 2011

Discounted-utilitarian welfare, the commonest social objective studied by economists, is the basis for the theory of green accounting in terms of social utility. Sustainability is a different type of social objective. Consequently, green accounting a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,573 Views
22 Pages

25 January 2021

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission of the Executive Yuan promulgated the fully amended Certified Public Accountant Act in 2007, which directly led to significant changes in accounting law. From the perspective of the economic theory of l...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,684 Views
21 Pages

Rhetoric, Accounting and Accountability: COVID-19 and the Case of Italy

  • Lorenzo Gelmini,
  • Valentina Minutiello,
  • Patrizia Tettamanzi and
  • Maurizio Comoli

7 April 2021

The current dramatic context of COVID-19 has urged academics and practitioners to tackle the topic of the pandemic not only regarding its medical side but from the perspective of social sciences, accounting and accountability as well. In this sense,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
10,070 Views
18 Pages

Accounting Conservatism and Earnings Quality

  • Farzaneh Nassir Zadeh,
  • Davood Askarany and
  • Solmaz Arefi Asl

Purpose—The study on the relationship between accounting conservatism and earnings quality is not new. However, the results are inconsistent and mixed, and to some degree, even contradictory, which represents a gap in the literature. The purpose of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,316 Views
18 Pages

The expansion of digital technologies has significantly changed most economic activities and professions. Digital technologies penetrated managerial accounting and have a vast potential to transform this profession. Implementing emerging digital tech...

  • Review
  • Open Access
84 Citations
20,993 Views
31 Pages

Climate Change Accounting and Reporting: A Systematic Literature Review

  • Carmela Gulluscio,
  • Pina Puntillo,
  • Valerio Luciani and
  • Donald Huisingh

7 July 2020

During the last few years, sustainability has become an increasingly important dimension for corporations. Many stakeholders expect companies to implement sustainability-oriented practices and report on these actions and their results. As a consequen...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
25,023 Views
15 Pages

The purpose of this study is to consider the events leading to the development of modern accounting standards for Islamic banks and, thereafter, to consider the accounting process and related impact on the financial statements for the Murabaha contra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,694 Views
23 Pages

Accounting Outsourcing in Tourism SMEs and Financial Risk Mitigation

  • Ioulia Poulaki,
  • Anna Kyriakaki and
  • Eleni Mavragani

This paper aims to investigate the characteristics of outsourcing in accounting services for tourism SMEs as a choice to mitigate their financial risk. The research was carried out in summer 2022, during tourism recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic cr...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
307 Citations
85,483 Views
22 Pages

Ecological Footprint Accounting for Countries: Updates and Results of the National Footprint Accounts, 2012–2018

  • David Lin,
  • Laurel Hanscom,
  • Adeline Murthy,
  • Alessandro Galli,
  • Mikel Evans,
  • Evan Neill,
  • Maria Serena Mancini,
  • Jon Martindill,
  • Fatime-Zahra Medouar and
  • Mathis Wackernagel
  • + 1 author

17 September 2018

Ecological Footprint accounting quantifies the supply and demand of Earth’s biocapacity. The National Footprint Accounts (NFA) are the most widely used Ecological Footprint (EF) dataset, and provide results for most countries and the world from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
28,489 Views
25 Pages

3 September 2021

This paper aims to provide a state-of-the-art overview in research on Accounting Information Systems, analyzing scientific production characteristics and identifying this topic research trends. A quantitative bibliometric analysis is conducted on pap...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
9,777 Views
16 Pages

Assessing the Effects of Innovative Management Accounting Tools on Performance and Sustainability

  • Anca Antoaneta Vărzaru,
  • Claudiu George Bocean,
  • Mădălina Giorgiana Mangra and
  • Gabriel Ioan Mangra

To cope with an increasingly competitive and turbulent environment caused by economic, health, and political crises, companies need to adopt innovative management accounting tools to meet challenges, increase economic performance and ensure organizat...

  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
8,524 Views
15 Pages

Sustainability Accounting Studies: A Metasynthesis

  • Miseldra Gil-Marín,
  • Alejandro Vega-Muñoz,
  • Nicolás Contreras-Barraza,
  • Guido Salazar-Sepúlveda,
  • Sandra Vera-Ruiz and
  • Analia Verónica Losada

3 August 2022

This review article seeks to discuss the sustainability accounting concept by examining previously conducted studies on this topic in order to understand its thematic progress in the academic literature. This study is a metasynthesis, where, in the i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
10,920 Views
36 Pages

The complexity and interconnection within the financial ecosystem demand innovative solutions to improve transparency, security, and efficiency in financial reporting and liquidity management, while also reducing accounting fraud. This paper presents...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,859 Views
17 Pages

An Analysis of the Use of Accounting Information by Portuguese SMEs

  • Ana Catarina Santos,
  • Rui Pires and
  • Maria-Ceu Alves

Despite the significant economic contribution of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), little is known about the extent to which they make use of accounting information (AI). Although AI is considered one of the main sources of information for S...

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