TY - JOUR
T1 - Manufacturing competition: how accounting practices shape strategy making in cities
AU - Kornberger, Martin
AU - Carter, Chris
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Recent years have witnessed an increasing number of cities develop strategies. The discourse of strategic management has become an obligatory point of passage for many city managers. This paper starts by posing an ostensibly simple question: why do cities need strategies? The commonsensical answer to the question is: because cities compete with each other. This paper aims to problematise the seemingly natural link between cities, competition and strategy. It also aims to explore the role that calculative practices play in creating city league tables that, in turn, function as the a priori condition that generates competition between cities.
AB - Recent years have witnessed an increasing number of cities develop strategies. The discourse of strategic management has become an obligatory point of passage for many city managers. This paper starts by posing an ostensibly simple question: why do cities need strategies? The commonsensical answer to the question is: because cities compete with each other. This paper aims to problematise the seemingly natural link between cities, competition and strategy. It also aims to explore the role that calculative practices play in creating city league tables that, in turn, function as the a priori condition that generates competition between cities.
U2 - 10.1108/09513571011034325
DO - 10.1108/09513571011034325
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0951-3574
VL - 23
SP - 325
EP - 349
JO - Accounting, Auditing, and Accountability Journal
JF - Accounting, Auditing, and Accountability Journal
IS - 3
ER -