Alessandro Lai

1.6k total citations
22 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Alessandro Lai is a scholar working on Management Information Systems, Accounting and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandro Lai has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Management Information Systems, 12 papers in Accounting and 9 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Alessandro Lai's work include Accounting and Organizational Management (14 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (11 papers) and Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (8 papers). Alessandro Lai is often cited by papers focused on Accounting and Organizational Management (14 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (11 papers) and Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (8 papers). Alessandro Lai collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Australia. Alessandro Lai's co-authors include Riccardo Stacchezzini, Gaia Melloni, Giulia Leoni, Martina K. Linnenluecke, Stephen Brammer, Ileana Steccolini, Istemi Demirag, Silvia Panfilo, Grant Samkin and Rachel F. Baskerville and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Business Strategy and the Environment and Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal.

In The Last Decade

Alessandro Lai

22 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Riccardo Stacchezzini Italy

Leonardo Rinaldi United Kingdom

Cristiana Bernardi United Kingdom

Ariela Caglio Italy

Binh Bui New Zealand

Torbjörn Tagesson Sweden

Jill Hooks New Zealand

Geert Braam Netherlands

Aleksey Martynov United States

Gaia Melloni Italy

Riccardo Stacchezzini Italy

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lai, Alessandro, Giulia Leoni, & Riccardo Stacchezzini. (2025). Multivocal accountability in grand challenges: the Italian government’s response to COVID-19 between science and politics. CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa). 38(7). 1919–1945. 1 indexed citations

Lai, Alessandro, et al.. (2023). Stakeholder engagement in the public utility sector: Evidence from Italian ESG reports. Utilities Policy. 84. 101649–101649. 16 indexed citations

Stacchezzini, Riccardo, et al.. (2021). Histories as counter-accounting. Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 91. 102397–102397. 9 indexed citations

Stacchezzini, Riccardo, et al.. (2021). Financial analysts' reaction to voluntary integrated reporting: cross-sectional variation in institutional enforcement contexts. Journal of Applied Accounting Research. 23(1). 29–54. 18 indexed citations

Leoni, Giulia, Alessandro Lai, Riccardo Stacchezzini, et al.. (2021). Accounting, management and accountability in times of crisis: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal. 34(6). 1305–1319. 70 indexed citations

Lai, Alessandro & Riccardo Stacchezzini. (2021). Organisational and professional challenges amid the evolution of sustainability reporting: a theoretical framework and an agenda for future research. Meditari Accountancy Research. 29(3). 405–429. 58 indexed citations

Leoni, Giulia, Alessandro Lai, Riccardo Stacchezzini, et al.. (2021). The pervasive role of accounting and accountability during the COVID-19 emergency. Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal. 35(1). 1–19. 22 indexed citations

Pellegrini, Carlo Bellavite, et al.. (2021). Overcoming a corporate crisis: The role of a hegemonic elite – The Banco Ambrosiano case (1982). Accounting History. 26(4). 585–611. 1 indexed citations

Stacchezzini, Riccardo, et al.. (2021). Integrated reporting and analyst behaviour in diverse institutional settings. Meditari Accountancy Research. 30(3). 819–851. 16 indexed citations

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Lai, Alessandro, Silvia Panfilo, & Riccardo Stacchezzini. (2019). The governmentality of corporate (un)sustainability: the case of the ILVA steel plant in Taranto (Italy). Journal of Management & Governance. 23(1). 67–109. 16 indexed citations

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Lai, Alessandro, Giulia Leoni, & Riccardo Stacchezzini. (2019). Accounting and governance in diverse settings – an introduction. Accounting History. 24(3). 325–337. 13 indexed citations

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Lai, Alessandro, Gaia Melloni, & Riccardo Stacchezzini. (2018). Integrated reporting and narrative accountability: the role of preparers. Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal. 31(5). 1381–1405. 107 indexed citations

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Lai, Alessandro & Grant Samkin. (2017). Accounting history in diverse settings - an introduction. Accounting History. 22(3). 265–273. 10 indexed citations

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Lai, Alessandro, Gaia Melloni, & Riccardo Stacchezzini. (2017). What does materiality mean to integrated reporting preparers? An empirical exploration. Meditari Accountancy Research. 25(4). 533–552. 95 indexed citations

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Baskerville, Rachel F., Nieves Carrera, Delfina Gomes, Alessandro Lai, & Lee D. Parker. (2017). Accounting historians engaging with scholars inside and outside accounting: Issues, opportunities and obstacles. Accounting History. 22(4). 403–424. 18 indexed citations

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Lai, Alessandro, et al.. (2015). The interplay of knowledge innovation and academic power: Lessons from “isolation” in twentieth-century Italian accounting studies. Accounting History. 20(3). 266–287. 16 indexed citations

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Lai, Alessandro, Giulia Leoni, & Riccardo Stacchezzini. (2014). The socializing effects of accounting in flood recovery. Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 25(7). 579–603. 64 indexed citations

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Lai, Alessandro, Gaia Melloni, & Riccardo Stacchezzini. (2014). Corporate Sustainable Development: is ‘Integrated Reporting’ a Legitimation Strategy?. Business Strategy and the Environment. 25(3). 165–177. 217 indexed citations

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Lai, Alessandro, Gaia Melloni, & Riccardo Stacchezzini. (2013). Disclosing Business Model in the "Integrated Report": Evidence from European Early Adopters. 1–35. 3 indexed citations

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Lai, Alessandro, Giulia Leoni, & Riccardo Stacchezzini. (2012). Governmentality rationales and calculative devices: The rejection of a seventeenth-century territorial barter proposed by the King of Spain. Accounting History. 17(3-4). 369–392. 31 indexed citations

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