Accountancy & Business Law, University of Otago

Publications 2003

DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTANCY AND
BUSINESS LAW
PUBLICATIONS
2003

Books

Ralph Adler, New Zealand General Management Handbook, Management Accounting, CCH: New Zealand, 2003.

Milne, M.J. A Social Critique of Corporate Reporting: A semiotic analysis of corporate financial and environmental reporting. In Accounting and Business Research, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 83-85, (2003). (Previously published byCrawther, D (2002))

Milne, M.J. A Social Critique of Corporate Reporting: A semiotic analysis of corporate financial and environmental reporting by David Crowther, (Ashgate Publishing, Adlershot, England, 2002. viii + 338pp). In Accounting and Business Research, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 83-85, (2003).

Journal – Research Article

Adler, R.W., and Lee, C.W. “Promoting Local Government Authority Effectiveness: The Role of the CEO,” Public Sector, Vol.26, No.4, p14-17 (2003)

Milne, M.J., Tregidga, H., and Walton, S., The Triple-Bottom-Line: Benchmarking New Zealand’s Early Reporters, University of Auckland Business Review, Vol. 5., No. 2, pp. 36-50, (September 2003).

Journal – Research Other

Lont, D., Rodgers, L., and D. Seng. “The Timeliness of Preliminary Earnings Announcements of New Zealand Companies 1998-2002”, Chartered Accountants Journal, Vol.82 (11) pp. 66-68 (December 2003).

Lont, D. “Financial Reporting on the Internet”, Chartered Accountants Journal, (August 2003), pp. 63-65

Journal – Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Whiting, R, and Chapman, K. Sporting Glory – the great intangible. Australian CPA, 73(1): 24-27, February 2003.

Adler, R W and Corson, D, Organisational Commitment to Employees and its Effect on Firm Performance, Chartered Accountants’ Journal, Vol. 82 ( April 2003).

Conference Contribution – Full paper in published conference proceedings

Triple-Bottom-line Reporting at Watercare Services Ltd: A Benchmarking Analysis & Commentary, M.J. Milne, H.M., Tregidga and S.Walton, Report Commissioned by Watercare Services Ltd, Auckland, March 2003, pp.30.

Playing with Magic Lanterns? The New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development and Corporate Triple Bottom Line Reporting, In ‘Critique and Inclusivity’: Proceedings of the 3rd International Critical Management Studies Conference (CD-Rom), Lancaster University, 7th -9th July, 2003, M.J. Milne, H.Tregidga and S. Walton.
www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/research/ejrot/cmsconference/2003/proceedings/proceedings_criticalaccounting.asp

Milne, M.J. The Development of an Environmental Reporting Assessment Framework for Electricity Companies: A Scoping Report. Report Commissioned by the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, (April 2003), pp. 22.

Kearins, K.N. Milne M.J. and Walton, S. Business Makes a ‘Journey’ out of ‘Sustainability’: Creating Adventures in Wonderland? In Problematizing Sustainability Symposium, Academy of Management Meetings, Seattle, August, 2003

Working paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Other –
PHD Thesis

Liyanarachchi, G.A., Accounting information disclosure decisions within a social contingency framework, PhD Thesis, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, (November 2003).
University addresses

Taking the Oath: Investor Response to SEC Certification, University of
Technology, Sydney, November 10th, (2003)

Lont, D., “Investments need to perform in the long term”, January 27, 2003, Otago Daily Times, (1801 word article)
Lont, D., “Forestry poor investment for ratepayers”., January 6, 2003, Otago Daily Times, (708 word article)

Major Reviews

Contributions for new textbook:

Accounting: Building Business Skills, Australasian edition, by Kimmel, P., S. Carlon, J. Loftus, R. Mladenovic, D. Kieso and J. Weygant, John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd., 2003:
- Chapter Reviews for four chapters
- “Business Insights” contributions to each chapter
- PowerPoint supplementary resources