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Accounting and COVID-19: A systematic review of the literature

By Laura Bini| 2024-11-21T12:05:57+01:00 November 21st, 2024|

Giulia Leoni / Financial Reporting / 1-2024

Purpose: Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, research on the phe-nomenon has exploded across every discipline, including accounting. This paper aims to provide a systematic literature review of the research that has examined the various impacts of COVID-19 within the accounting realm. Design/methodology/approach: Through a systematic selection, classification, and thematic analysis of 294 articles on COVID-19 in accounting, this paper of-fers an overview of the journals, methods, themes, and impacts of this emerging literature. Findings: The review organizes a massive body of research that has explored the effects of the pandemic on accounting from diverse perspectives and approaches. It provides insights into how this research stream has rapidly developed, the main themes covered, and the role played by special issues in prompting timely research on this urgent matter. Originality/value: This is the most comprehensive literature review on COVID-19 in accounting. It organizes the extensive and rapid knowledge production by iden-tifying themes and highlighting the driving force of special issues. In doing so, it also offers suggestions for potential avenues of future research.

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The role of Key Performance Indicators as a performance management tool in implementing corporate strategies: A critical review of the literature

By Laura Bini| 2022-07-29T16:10:21+02:00 June 4th, 2022|

Ivo Hristov, Antonio Chirico, Riccardo Camilli / Financial Reporting / 1-2022

Over recent decades, organizations have moved into highly competitive markets that force companies to implement Performance Management Systems (PMSs) to keep monitoring strategy alignment and activities. In this context, this paper provides a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) on the use of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in PMSs. Relevant and useful papers have been selected for the analysis and the final 60-paper sample has been studied by means of con-tent analysis and descriptive statistics. The relevant findings have been reported across categories (i.e. value drivers, practices and measures, contextual drivers, and critical issues), such as increasing the use of KPIs supporting sustainable developments and a dichotomy between qualitative and quantitative indicators. In particular, authors revealed the need for a KPI strategical formulation and for a cultural factor aimed at ensuring the effective integration of quantitative, qualitative and sustainable development indicators. Therefore, a conceptual model was developed in order to guide managers through the criticalities and the recently reported requirements. This review addresses the KPIs’ implementation from both a systemic and critical point of view; these aspects made our study really useful for practitioners of all application sectors.

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