'If only there were simple solutions, but there aren't': some reflections on Zimmerman's critique of empirical management accounting research

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In Search of Management Accounting Theory (2009, background): “As Hopwood (2002) noted, there are no simple solutions.”
The roles and effects of paradigms in accounting research (2010, background): “4, 2002), fundamentally arguing that Zimmerman’s evaluation was very biased due to the narrowness of his philosophical and methodological premises (Hopwood, 2002; Ittner and Larcker, 2002; Luft and Shields, 2002; Lukka and Mouritsen, 2002).”
Explaining the choice of accounting standards in municipal corporations: Positive accounting theory and institutional theory as competitive or concurrent theories (2009, background): “A year later contesters had gather their troops and organized a debate forum aimed at the Zimmerman 2001 piece (Hopwood 2002, Ittner & Larcker, 2002; Lukka & Mouritsen, 2002).”