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The establishment of savings banks in colonial New Zealand 1840-1907
Andrew Cardow, William Robert WilsonThis paper aims to highlight the reasons for the establishment of savings banks in New Zealand, with a primary thesis being that savings banks in New Zealand were intended to…
The accounting professional project and bank failures: The case of the early 1890s Australian banking crisis
Garry D. CarnegieThe purpose of this paper is to examine the strategies and dynamics of the fledging accounting professional project in the context of boom, bust and reform in colonial Victoria…
Applying a critical biography perspective to the work of Frank Gilbreth
Jane Whitney Gibson, Jack Deem, Jacqueline E. Einstein, John H. HumphreysThe purpose of this study is to examine the life and work of Frank Gilbreth using a critical biographical approach to draw connections between his life experiences and the major…
Agency theory: background and epistemology
Josh Bendickson, Jeff Muldoon, Eric W. Liguori, Phillip E. DavisBy revisiting the agency theory literature, this paper aims to both incrementally advance historical viewpoints and reveal four prominent influences on agency theory: Weber and…
Bombay textile mills: exploring CSR roots in colonial India
Nimruji JammulamadakaThe purpose of this paper is to re-examine the Bombay textile mills of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to provide an account of the roots of business–society…
ISSN:
1751-1348Online date, start – end:
2006Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Bradley Bowden
- Jeffrey Muldoon