John Burns holds PhD course at IMC

John Burns, University of Exeter Business School, has been Visiting Professor at the IMC since last year. During his latest visit to WHU, he held a PhD course “How to develop theory from case study research in management accounting” which took place in Vallendar on November 29th -30th, 2011. Due to the limited number of participants, a selection process had to be carried out to choose from the numerous applications received from Germany and abroad. The course covered a range of topics from planning a case study through to writing up case study research. In addition, the course agenda offered an option for informal dialogue allowing participants to discuss recent research projects.

John Burns’ research and professional interests lie primarily within management accounting, organizational change, sustainability management, and institutional theory. He has produced numerous publications in these areas, for both academic and professional outlets. John Burns is Associate Editor for Management Accounting Research, a member of the Research Board for the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), and co-founder of the European Network for Research of Organisational and Accounting Change (ENROAC).