Research handbook on accounting and information systems / edited by Julia A. Smith (Reader in Accounting and Finance, Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Julia A., editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Research handbooks in accounting

Research handbooks on accounting series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Accounting--Data processing.

Accounting.

Artificial intellegence.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

"The role of the accountant is changing, as developments in technology alter the ways in which information is prepared and analysed. This Research Handbook addresses the use of both financial and non-financial information for planning, decision-making and control in organisations. Written by experts in the field, the book uses comprehensive literature reviews, empirical fieldwork and theoretical developments to provide an overview of research in this important area. It includes the following: Information for controlling and managing behaviour and performance. Novel and contemporary fieldwork studies that explore the use of accounting and information. The use of accounting and non-accounting information to support managerial and investment decisions. Literature reviews on accounting and information systems, including on Cloud computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Technological developments, the use of AI and concerns over the future of the accounting profession. Planning and design in information system research, including work on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Comprehensive in scope, the Research Handbook on Accounting and Information Systems will be indispensable for researchers, academics and students of accounting, information systems, economics and finance, business and management, and innovation and technology. Business managers and accountants will also be able to apply it to their own professions"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Part I: Introduction

1. Accounting and information systems.Julia A. Smith

Part II: Planning and design in information system research

2. Management accounting change and information systems: Key themes from the literature / Martin Quinn and Danielle McConville

3. Enterprise resource planning systems / Tiago Cardão-Pito

4. Enterprise resource planning systems as a tool for standardisation, centralisation, and control: Insights from the qualitative accounting literature / Matt Kaufman and Erica Wagner

Part III: Using information to support decisions

5. Using accounting information to support venture capital decisions / Tibah Al Harbi, Renzo Cordina and David Power

6. Non-accounting patent data and venture capital investment in the United Kingdom / Julia A. Smith and Renzo Cordina

7. Information flow and investment decision-making in equity crowdfunding / Catherine Deffains-Crapsky and Abdel Malik Ola

Part IV: Using information to control and manage behaviour

8. Development of costing systems as a process not outcome: A field study of patient level information and costing systems (plics) in uk healthcare / Christopher S. Chapman and Anja Kern

9. Mobilising accounting information systems in mergers and acquisitions / Marjo Väisänen and Janne Järvinen

10. Measuring the effectiveness of the accounting information system in the Malaysian federal government / Sharinah Binti Puasa and Julia A. Smith

Part V: Practical applications of accounting information system research

11. Going concern audit opinion: Reducing information asymmetry / Dusica Stevcevska Srbinoska

12. Digital platforms in a hotel's performance measurement and management: A sociomateriality perspective / Sung Hwan Chai

13. The relationship between accounting information systems and digital public services: The case of croatia / Ana Novak, Ana Rep and Katarina Zager

14. Exploring accountability in an entrepreneurial firm / Jiafin Li, Julia A. Smith and Gavin C. Reid

Part VI: Technological developments

15. The role of artificial intelligence in accounting / Andrew Skidmore and Julia A. Smith

16. Internet-based technologies, accounting processes, and management control systems / Vikash Kumar Sinha, David Derichs and Teemu Malmi

17. The impact of advancing technologies on the requirement for a human workforce in accounting / Victoria McKinlay and Julia A. Smith

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781802200621 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.