Prof Bill Nixon

• Research Methods
• Management Accounting
• Strategic Management
• Contemporary Accounting Issues

Recent Publications

Guest editor with Burns, J., 2006, for special issue on Organisational and Accounting Change for Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management, 3 (2).

(with Burns, J.), "Management Control in the 21st Century", editorial article in Special Issue of Management Accounting Research on New Forms of Control, 16, (2005) pp260-68

(with El Sharif, I.A.A., Burton, B., Brown, R.A., and Russell, A.), "Evidence on the Nature and Extent of the Relationship Between Oil Prices and Equity Values in the UK", Energy Economics, 27 (6), 2005, pp 819-30

"Strategic Choice and Management Control Systems: A Review of Theories and Challenges for Development", in Hogue, Z, (Ed). Methodical Issues in Accounting Research: Theories, Methods and Issues, London, UK, Spiramus Press, (2006) pp. 105-127

(with Suomala, P.), "Financial Management of Design Expenditure: Integrating Reinforcing Activities, in Neely, A., Kennerley, M., and Walters, A., (Ed's), Performance Measurement and Management: Public and Private, Cranfield, UK, Centre for Business Performance, (2006) 577-584

(with Moultrie, J., Demain, P., Evans, P., Livesey, F., MacBryde, J., Martinez, V., Pawar, K., and Reidel, J.), "Design Score Board: Assess National Design Performance" in Neely, A., Kennerly, M., and Walters, A., (Ed's), Performance Measurement and Management: Public and Private, Cranfield, UK, Centre for Business Performance, 569-76

(with MacBryde, J., Demain, P., Evans, P., Livesey, F., Martinez, V., Moultrie, J., Pawar, K., and Reidel, J.), "Design Scorecard: Measuring Design Performance at the Firm Level", in Neely, A., Kennerly, M., and Walters, A., (Ed's), Performance Measurement and Management: Public and Private, Cranfield, UK, Centre for Business Performance, 433-40.

(with E.K.Lattinen and Tom Wingren), 'Management control systems in Finnish technology companies: search for a typology of MCS mix', International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation, Vol.1, No.2, 2004, pp183-214.

(with I.K.-van Drongelen and A.Pearson) "Organisation and management of research and development facilities - from cost to profit focus", International Journal of Technology Management, 25(8), 2003, pp746-765.

"Finance and design", in M.Bruce and J.Bessant (eds), Design in Business: Strategic Innovation Through Design, Financial Times/Prentice Hall, Harlow, England, 2002, pp166-183.

(with A.W.Pearson and I.C.Drongelen) "R&D as a business: What are the implications for performance measurement", R&D Management, 30, 2000, pp355-366.

(with A.W.Pearson and I.C.Drongelen) "Performance measurement in industrial R&D", International Journal of Management Reviews, 2(2), 2000, pp111-143.

Research Interests

Bill's research focuses on how management accounting can support the new product design and development process. A basic premise of the research is that accounting can act as an integrating vernacular linking all of the internal and external participants in the new product development process. The working framework used in this research consists of four related activities namely risk management, investment appraisal, value management and performance management; these activities are examined within the planning, implementation and control concepts of strategic management.

Recent Research Grants

With John Burns and Mostafa Jazayeri, Financial Management of New Product Design and Development, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), 2 years from July 2008.

With Moultrie, J., Demian, P., Evans, P., Livesey, F., MacBryde.J., Martinez, V., Pawar, K., and Reidel, J., (Grantholders), Arts & Humanities Research Council, 'Design Scoreboard: Assessing National Design Performance', 18 months from January 2007

With Jillian MacBryde, Strathclyde Business School et al., Design Performance Cluster Proposal, EPSRC for 12 months from January 2005.

With Tom Inns: "Evaluating Design Expenditure", Design Council, 18 months from January 2000.

with Georgina Follett, 'Past, Present and Future Craft Practice: exploration of the Inerrelations between skill, intent and culture', Arts and Humanities Research Board, 5 years from September 2005.