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action at a distance: a standalone construct

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Critical accounting

the way accounting numbers, as mobile and combinable inscriptions, let distant centers know and act on remote activities and people.

In critical accounting, action at a distance refers to the way accounting numbers, as mobile and combinable inscriptions, let distant centers know and act on remote activities and people. This meaning comes from Robson (1992) in Accounting, Organizations and Society.[1]

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References

Robson, K. (1992). Accounting numbers as “inscription”: Action at a distance and the development of accounting. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 17(7), 685-708. https://doi.org/10.1016/0361-3682(92)90019-o

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