Research

  • Have your cake and eat it? Combining structure and agency in management research

    This paper is a ‘call to action’ for management scholars to use strong structuration theory for case study analysis. The empirical data is drawn from a study in Ireland on international business.

  • Sell-side equity analysts and equity sales: A study of interaction

    This paper draws attention to the important role equity sales play in the work of sell-side analysts. Although it draws on specialist theory from sociology is remains a practical paper dealing with the reality of working as an analyst.

  • Throwing in the towel: what happens when analysts’ recommendations go wrong?

    This paper addresses what happens when analysts ratings go wrong and the underlying social processes at play that explain what analysts do.


  • Usefulness of real-time information: views of professional investors and analysts

    This report, sponsored by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland, addresses the potential for companies to produce real time accounting information through the eyes of investors and analysts.