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Material flow cost accounting in Vietnam: a multi-level exploration

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  • Thuy Thanh Tran
  • Roger Leonard Burritt
  • Christian Herzig
  • Katherine Leanne Christ

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Purpose - Of critical concern to the world is the need to reduce consumption and waste of natural resources. This study provides a multi-level exploration of the ways situational and transformational links between levels and challenges are related to the adoption and utilization of material flow cost accounting in Vietnam, to encourage green productivity. Design/methodology/approach - Based on triangulation of public documents at different institutional levels and a set of semi-structured interviews, situational and transformational links and challenges for material flow cost accounting in Vietnam are examined using purposive and snowball sampling of key actors. Findings - Using a multi-level framework the research identifies six situational and transformational barriers to implementation of material flow cost accounting and suggests opportunities to overcome these. The weakest links identified involve macro-to meso-situational and micro-to macro-transformational links. The paper highlights the dominance of meso-level institutions and lack of focus on micro transformation to cut waste and enable improvements in green productivity. Practical implications - The paper identifies ways for companies in Vietnam to reduce unsustainability and enable transformation towards sustainable management and waste reduction. Originality/value - The paper is the first to develop and use a multi-level/multi-time period framework to examine the take-up of material flow cost accounting to encourage transformation towards green productivity. Consideration of the Vietnamese case builds understanding of the challenges for achieving United Nations Sustainable Development Goal number 12, to help enable sustainable production and consumption patterns.

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  • Thuy Thanh Tran & Roger Leonard Burritt & Christian Herzig & Katherine Leanne Christ, 2024. "Material flow cost accounting in Vietnam: a multi-level exploration," Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 38(1), pages 286-320, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:eme:aaajpp:aaaj-03-2022-5713
    DOI: 10.1108/AAAJ-03-2022-5713
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