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Economic governance, accountability and accounting change in East Asia (2008)
Journal Article
Ritchie, J. (2008). Economic governance, accountability and accounting change in East Asia. Asia Pacific Business Review, 14(2), 171-189. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602380701425754

The development of economic governance is now thought to require the remaking of respective accountabilities along with significant corresponding accounting change. On the basis of key discourses about a particular 'critical' period in East Asia's re... Read More about Economic governance, accountability and accounting change in East Asia.

Loan officers and loan 'delinquency' in microfinance: A Zambian case (2007)
Journal Article
Dixon, R., Ritchie, J., & Siwale, J. (2007). Loan officers and loan 'delinquency' in microfinance: A Zambian case. Accounting Forum, 31(1), 47-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accfor.2006.11.005

The paper seeks to promote greater understanding of the importance of loan officers in group-based microfinance by explaining their actual roles, dilemmas and tensions when working with poor clients. Few existing studies have used data outside Bangla... Read More about Loan officers and loan 'delinquency' in microfinance: A Zambian case.

Microfinance: Accountability from the grassroots (2006)
Journal Article
Dixon, R., Ritchie., J., & Siwale, J. (2006). Microfinance: Accountability from the grassroots. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 19(3), 405-427. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513570610670352

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to use an accountability framework to explain the emerging tensions in accountability and how an intended bottom-up approach became progressively supplanted. This paper is set within an emerging Zambian micro... Read More about Microfinance: Accountability from the grassroots.

Disclosing smaller business success and failure (2004)
Journal Article
Ritchie, J., & Richardson, S. (2004). Disclosing smaller business success and failure. The British Accounting Review, 36(3), 233-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2004.03.002

The article argues that smaller businesses are mostly sidelined from the current debate about corporate governance. As a result they are less scrutinized than their larger corporate counterparts. They are afforded exceptionalist ‘special case’ status... Read More about Disclosing smaller business success and failure.

Accountability in the East Asian economic miracle, crisis and recovery (2004)
Journal Article
Ritchie, J. (2004). Accountability in the East Asian economic miracle, crisis and recovery. Competition & Change, 8(2), 91-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/1024529042000271434

Despite claims that accountability enables 'good governance' proper, its specific origins, character and limitations are not yet fully clear. In order to explicate the nature of accountability better this paper will, therefore, formulate and apply it... Read More about Accountability in the East Asian economic miracle, crisis and recovery.