Introduction / Christopher Humphrey and Bill Lee -- Section One. The Meaning of Research / 1. The Search for Clues in Accounting History / Stephen P. Walker -- 2. Adventures in Social and Environmental Accounting and Auditing Research : A Personal Reflection / David Owen -- 3. Using Case Studies in Finance Research / Greg Stoner and John Holland -- 4. Accounting and Auditing Research in the United States / Tom A. Lee -- 5. Forever Destined to be Extras in a Broadway Show? : A Discussion on the Status of National Accounting Research in an International Arena / Maria Antonia Garcia-Benau and Jose Antonio Lainez-Gadea -- 6. "Nice Work" : Writing a Ph. D. Thesis in Accounting / Anne Loft -- 7. Learning to Balance : The Experience of an Overseas Ph. D. student in the U.K. / Naoko Komori -- Section Two. Managing the Research Process -- 8. Starting and Managing a European Union Funded Research Project / Frank Birkin -- 9. Management of a Research Team / Jane Broadbent and Richard Laughlin -- 10. Confessions of a Research Assistant / John Burns -- 11. Making Sense of Interactions in an Investigation of Organisational Practices and Processes / Irvine Lapsley -- 12. Qualitative Research on Accounting : Some Thoughts on What Occurs Behind the Scene / Jean Bedard and Yves Gendron -- 13. Critical Independence / Brendan McSweeney -- Section Three. Collecting and Analysing Data -- 14. Case-Based Research in Accounting / Anthony J. Berry and David T. Otley -- 15. Doing Case Study Research / Robert W. Scapens -- 16. What is the Object of Accounting? : A Dialogue / Masaya Fujita and Yoshiaki Jinnai -- 17. Refining Research Questions in the Course of Negotiating Access for Fieldwork / Thomas Ahrens -- 18. Insights from Internet-Based Research : Realising a Qualitative Understanding from a Quantitative Search Process / Alan Sangster and David E. Tyrrall -- 19. The Case Study, The Interview and The Issues : A Personal Reflection / David E.W. Marginson -- 20. Qualitative Research : Experiences in Using Semi-Structured Interviews / Joanne Horton, Richard Macve and Geert Struyven -- 21. To Tape or Not to Tape : Reflections on Methods of Data Collection / Treasa Hayes and Ruth Mattimoe -- 22. Using Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software : Respecting Voices Within Data Management and Analysis / Fiona Anderson-Gough -- 23. Qualitative Data Analysis : Illuminating a Process for Transforming a "Messy" but "Attractive" "Nuisance" / Brendan O'Dwyer -- Section Four Publishing and Dissemination -- 24. Requirements and Understandings for Publishing Academic Research : An Insider View / James Guthrie, Lee D. Parker and Rob Gray -- 25. How Do Accounting Research Journals Function? : Reflections from the Inside / Kari Lukka -- 26. Research and Public Practice Accounting / Stuart Turley -- 27. Disseminating Research Through Teaching / Sue Richardson and John Cullen -- Section Five. Interdisciplinary Perspectives -- 28. Qualitative Methodology in Practice : My Experience / Harry Collins -- 29. Raising the Profile of Qualitative Methods in Organizational Research / Catherine Cassell and Gillian Symon -- 30. Qualitative Dimensions in Finance and Risk Management Research / Kevin Dowd.