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- Brorström, Sara, 1982
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The city as constituted by numbers – accounting practices shaping the future city
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Ingår i: The 10th Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting Conference in Cardiff, Wales. Cardiff University 11-13 July 2012..
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- ThisarticleaimstounfoldtherolenumbershaveincitiesbasedonanempiricalcaseofastrategyprocessinthecityofGothenburg,Sweden.Thestudyshowsthatnumbersmadepeopleactandmadethestrategyprocesstakedifferentturns.Theoreticallyisthearticleaimingatcontributingtothefieldofaccountingpracticesincitiesandinstrategyprocessesbyshowinghownumbershelpshapingthestrategyprocessandit’soutcomes.Byleaningontheconceptof‘governmentality’Iamhereseeingnumbersasameanstomakethecitygovernable.However,sincestrategizingispartofconstitutingthefuturecity,theactorsinvolvedismorefreetochallengehistorically,institutionalizedpractices,whichmakesthestrategyprocessaforumforsolvingon-‐goingproblems.
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