Based on paper:

Robson, K 1992, 'Accounting Numbers as "Inscription": Action at a Distance and the Development of

Accounting',Accounting, Organizations and Society, vol. 17, no. 7, pp. 685-708.

Questions:

Robson (1992) presented a critical view of accounting numbers as inscriptions as contrast to representation or metaphor/rhetoric. Based on your understanding of the paper,

Discuss what innovative competences the notion of 'inscription' allows for critical accounting research in comparison with other quantitative (based on representation) and qualitative research (based on interpretative, metaphor and rhetoric).?