1. 'Lady Accounting', an analogy using blood circulation to popularise an accounting view of the health of the firm Marie Catalo, University of Nantes and Nicole Azema-Girlando, University of Angers 2. Charles Eugene Bedaux (1886-1944): "cost killer" or Utopian Socialist? Yves Levant, University of Lille 2 and SKEMA Business School, and Marc Nikitin, University of Orleans 3. The history of the French tableau de bord (1885-1975): Evidence from the archives Anne Pezet, University of Paris-Dauphine 4. Accounting and the words to tell it: a historical perspective Pierre Labardin and Marc Nikitin, University of Orleans 5. Reform or renaissance? France's 1966 Companies Act and the problem of the 'professionalisation' of the auditing profession in France Carlos Ramirez, Groupe HEC, France 6. Accounting for triangular trade Cheryl S. McWatters and Yannick Lemarchand, University of Nantes 7. Environmental turbulence and the function of budgetary control Nicolas Berland, University of Paris-Dauphine 8. Berliet, the obstructed manager, too clever, too soon? Henri Zimnovitch, University of Paris-Sud
