1st Edition

Interventionist Management Accounting Research Theory Contributions with Societal Impact

202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

Interventionist research has been proposed as one way of increasing societal impact of management accounting (MA) research. However, there are no guidelines regarding what sort of phenomena would be the most suitable ones to be studied using research interventions. This book builds on top of the methodological literature of interventionist management accounting research, as well as the published... Read more

Part 1: Intervention as a Vehicle for Enhanced Societal Impact





1. Improving Societal Impact of Management Accounting Research



2. Intervention in Teasing out Theory Contributions



3. Different Battlefields – Balancing Episteme, Techne, and Phronesis





Part 2: Theory Contribution with Societal Impact through Research Interventions





4. Agile Experiments Facilitating Technology Diffusion in Healthcare



5. Management Accounting Research in National Research Policy



6. Management Accounting Research and National Innovation Policy



7. Accounting and Control for Supporting New Service Development in Machinery Manufacturing



8. Management Accounting Research Reshaping Industry Practices





Part 3: Lessons Learnt





9. Theory Contributions with Societal Impact – Reflection on the Cases



10. Towards the Next Generation of Interventionist Research

Biography

Petri Suomala is Vice President of Teaching and Learning Services at Tampere University of Technology, Finland.





Jouni Lyly-Yrjänäinen is a University Lecturer in Industrial Management at Tampere University of Technology, Finland.





Teemu Laine is Assistant Professor at Tampere University of Technology, Finland.





Falconer Mitchell is Professor Emeritus of Management Accounting at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

"Interventionist research is an emerging research method which has growing interest in schools and disciplines which teach qualitative research. My students often ask me to recommend some book on how to conduct interventionist research project. The problem has been the lack of teaching material on this topic. Finally, we’ll have a useful guide book to fill the demand."Hanna Silvola, Aalto University, Finland