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John Richard Edwards

John Richard Edwards

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Business and Management

D-Index
37
Citations
4526
World Ranking
1992
National Ranking
312

Economics and Finance

D-Index
37
Citations
4418
World Ranking
2706
National Ranking
318

Overview

John Richard Edwards is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with a notable presence in subfields such as Management Information Systems, Accounting, Computer Science Applications, Linguistics and Language, and Safety Research.

Their work encompasses a range of topics including Accounting and Organizational Management, Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Online Learning and Analytics, Accounting Education and Careers, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI), and Public Policy and Administration Research.

Frequent publication venues for Edwards include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Financial Accountability and Management
  • Accounting and Business Research
  • Accounting History Review
  • The British Accounting Review

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by Edwards are:

  • Cash to accruals accounting in British central government: A journey through time (2021) published in Financial Accountability and Management
  • Accounting, publicity and class conflict in Victorian Britain (2021) published in Accounting and Business Research
  • The problematical nature of auditor independence: a historical perspective (2021) published in Accounting History Review

Edwards has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Aashish Ghimire
  • Brian West
  • Trevor Boyns
  • Robert Tijssen
  • Koen Jonkers

Their research integrates perspectives from accounting and management with contemporary issues such as AI policies in education and adoption of generative AI in classrooms, reflecting an interest in the intersection of technology and organizational management.

Best Publications

  • A history of financial accounting

    John Richard Edwards

  • The Priesthood of Industry: The Rise of the Professional Accountant in British Management

    Derek Matthews;Malcolm Anderson;John Richard Edwards

  • The construction of the professional accountant: the case of the Incorporated Institute of Accountants, Victoria (1886)

    Garry D. Carnegie;John Richard Edwards

  • Changing Perceptions of the Role of the Company Auditor, 1840–1940

    Roy Anthony Chandler;John Richard Edwards;Malcolm Anderson

  • Recurring issues in auditing: back to the future?

    Roy Anthony Chandler;John Richard Edwards

  • The Development of Industrial Cost and Management Accounting Before 1850: A Survey of the Evidence

    John Richard Edwards;Edmund Newell

  • The Routledge companion to accounting history

    John Richard Edwards;Stephen Paul Walker

  • Industrial cost accounting developments in Britain to 1830: A review article

    John Richard Edwards

  • Claiming a jurisdiction for the 'Public Accountant' in England prior to organisational fusion

    John Richard Edwards;Malcolm Anderson;Roy Anthony Chandler

  • The Origins and Evolution of the Double Account System: An Example of Accounting Innovation

    John Richard Edwards

  • Merchants’ accounts, performance assessment and decision making in mercantilist Britain

    John Richard Edwards;Graeme Dean;Frank Clarke;Frank Clarke

  • The construction of cost accounting systems in Britain to 1900: the case of the coal, iron and steel industries

    Trevor Boyns;John Richard Edwards

  • Universities and Smart Specialisation

    Louise Kempton;John Goddard;John Edwards;Fatime Barbara Hegyi

  • The rise of the professional accountant in British management

    Derek Matthews;Malcolm Anderson;John Richard Edwards

  • Accounting Systems and Decision-Making in the Mid-Victorian Period: The Case of the Consett Iron Company

    Trevor Boyns;John Richard Edwards

  • BRITISH COST ACCOUNTING DEVELOPMENT: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE

    John Richard Edwards;Trevor Boyns;Malcolm Anderson

  • Accounting regulation and the professionalization process: an historical essay concerning the significance of P. H. Abbott

    John Richard Edwards

  • Understanding the dynamics of the Australian accounting profession: A prosopographical study of the founding members of the Incorporated Institute of Accountants, Victoria, 1886 to 1908

    Garry D. Carnegie;John Richard Edwards;Brian P. West

  • Smart Specialisation and Innovation in Rural Areas

    Artur da Rosa Pires;Martina Pertoldi;John Edwards;Fatime Barbara Hegyi

  • Depreciation and fixed asset valuation in railway company accounts to 1911

    John Richard Edwards

  • The priesthood of industry

    Derek Matthews;Malcolm Anderson;John Richard Edwards

Frequent Co-Authors

Garry D. Carnegie
Garry D. Carnegie RMIT University
John Goddard
John Goddard Newcastle University
John Quiggin
John Quiggin University of Queensland
Dominique Foray
Dominique Foray École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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