This introductory essay tries to provide a space for reflecting on the implications of the move from conceiving of accounting as representations to accounting as inscriptions for a critical and interdisciplinary approach to ac- counting studies. It aims to offer a venue for reflecting on whether there is a positive role that accounting inscriptions play beyond a positivist belief in its representational powers and a constructivist approach that leads to the creation of powerful and dominating institutions such as ‘accounting’. We would like to foster a debate on how accounting practices can be re-designed to perform a proactive role in prompting managerial innovation, different forms of empowerment, development of pragmatic management solutions and the mediation of mul- tiple organizational, social and economic interests in the tradition of those accounting studies that expose the emancipatory and enabling effects of accounting practices while maintaining a critical and intellectually solid stance.

Performing business and social innovation through accounting inscriptions: An introduction / Busco, Cristiano; Quattrone, Paolo. - In: ACCOUNTING, ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETY. - ISSN 0361-3682. - 67:May(2018), pp. 15-19. [10.1016/j.aos.2018.03.002]

Performing business and social innovation through accounting inscriptions: An introduction

Busco, Cristiano
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2018

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This introductory essay tries to provide a space for reflecting on the implications of the move from conceiving of accounting as representations to accounting as inscriptions for a critical and interdisciplinary approach to ac- counting studies. It aims to offer a venue for reflecting on whether there is a positive role that accounting inscriptions play beyond a positivist belief in its representational powers and a constructivist approach that leads to the creation of powerful and dominating institutions such as ‘accounting’. We would like to foster a debate on how accounting practices can be re-designed to perform a proactive role in prompting managerial innovation, different forms of empowerment, development of pragmatic management solutions and the mediation of mul- tiple organizational, social and economic interests in the tradition of those accounting studies that expose the emancipatory and enabling effects of accounting practices while maintaining a critical and intellectually solid stance.
2018
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Performing business and social innovation through accounting inscriptions: An introduction / Busco, Cristiano; Quattrone, Paolo. - In: ACCOUNTING, ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETY. - ISSN 0361-3682. - 67:May(2018), pp. 15-19. [10.1016/j.aos.2018.03.002]
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