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The current paper critically explores current research on the topic of accounting and blockchain. It draws from the commonly accepted categorization of account-ing studies into financial accounting, managerial accounting, taxation, and other accounting-related subjects. Borrowing this categorization and assuming a more holistic posture to observe blockchain implications for accounting, the study dis-cusses how blockchain can contribute to each building block of accounting studies and helps expand the boundaries of accounting research. The piece has relevance for the academic debate and, above all, for practitioners and policymakers, raising several issues that need to be dealt with in the foreseeable future

The aim of this paper is to understand what factors affect the thoroughness of the information provided by Italian Universities in their Performance Plans. The recent reforms that characterized the Italian Higher Education led a full revision of the administrative apparatus. It not only encompassed a switch from cash accounting to accrual accounting, but suddenly gained wider strategic relevance, as attention is also devoted to the coherence between planning activities and reporting outcomes in order to ensure transparency and broader accountability. Hence, drawing on the legitimacy theory, we conducted a panel analysis with fixed effects on data gathered through a meaning-oriented content analysis of 132 Plans. The findings show that, early transition to accrual accounting, the adoption of management accounting tools and geographical position influence the thoroughness of disclosure towards specific accountability and legitimacy wishes. The findings offer noteworthy contributions not limited to the academic debate, but valuable for policy makers and practitioners.

L’articolo ha ad oggetto i Razionali, ossia un gruppo di impiegati in servizio presso la Gran Corte de’ Conti di Napoli (GCCN) che, durante l’ultimo periodo borbonico, si occupavano del controllo dei conti pubblici. L’obiettivo è di verificare se la figura del Razionale presenti caratteristiche distintive tali da far intravedere un peculiare corpo burocratico. Per questo scopo, l’analisi si appoggia al filone di ricerca intorno alle origini dei c.d. corpi burocratici, che si contraddistingue per l’osservazione di elementi caratterizzanti quali l’istruzione, le mansioni svolte, la retribuzione e i carichi di lavoro. Sono state impiegate fonti primarie e secondarie. Le fonti primarie sono costituite dal corpus normativo che disciplina l’attività della GCCN e le funzioni dei suoi impiegati. Le fonti secondarie includono, invece, scritti sulla storia del Regno delle Due Sicilie, la storia della GCCN e la storia della contabilità pubblica. Alla luce delle variabili esaminate, gli autori ritengono che sia possibile intravedere nei Razionali le caratteristiche di un corpo burocratico, seppure in forma primordiale.