Financial Reporting and Business Communication: Fourteenth Annual Conference
Conference call for papers from Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal
Venue: University of Bristol
Dates: 1st and 2nd July 2010
First Call for Papers
We are pleased to announce the fourteenth annual Financial Reporting and Business Communication Conference organised by the University of Bristol and the BAA FARSIG. This is the premier conference of its kind worldwide and it attracts an international audience. The conference addresses key questions of interest to accounting academics and practitioners.
Questions include:
· How effective are financial reporting standards?
· What role does financial reporting play in capital markets and in corporate governance?
· What is the purpose of the modern corporate report?
· How can financial reporting contribute to financial stability and environmental sustainability?
· Can financial communication be neutral?
Papers are invited on these topics and on all aspects of financial reporting and business communication. This includes empirical and theoretical papers, case studies and review articles on such topics as the measurement, disclosure, presentation, communication and
impact of financial and business information contained in annual reports and other business documentation in the private and public sectors. Organisational, historical and international studies are welcomed.
Submission Details
Should you wish to have a paper considered for presentation at the conference, please email a 500 word abstract to the organisers by 1st March 2010. Please indicate whether the paper is to be considered for the main conference or the PhD stream.
Mike Jones
E: Michaeljohn.jones@bristol.ac.uk T: +44 (0)117 33 18286
Mark Clatworthy
E: ClatworthyMA@cardiff.ac.uk T:+44 (0)29 2087 5847