Researcher and analyst with an accounting / auditing background
Budget: £5,000 – £10,000 GBP
We envisage that the following outputs will be delivered by this researcher:
- A short literature and (secondary) evidence review. This should include:
• a summary of any research on the links between innovation and competition in
the audit market in the UK. For this research project we are concerned predominantly
with the audit market for FTSE 350 companies but would also be interested in
innovation-competition dynamics in any other parts of the audit market for UK
Public Interest Entities (PIEs) or in audit markets elsewhere in the world.
• a summary of the latest research, both empirical and theoretical, on the
interaction between innovation and competition at a more general level. This
does not necessarily need to be audit specific providing findings could be of
relevance to the audit market.
• a summary of the available (secondary) evidence on innovations in audit since
the previous work by the Competition Commission referenced above.
- Informed by the literature review and the evidence identified above, a short discussion
paper with questions for discussion at a workshop with relevant
innovation and competition experts.
- A short literature and (secondary) evidence review. This should include:
• a summary of any research on the links between innovation and competition in
the audit market in the UK. For this research project we are concerned predominantly
with the audit market for FTSE 350 companies but would also be interested in
innovation-competition dynamics in any other parts of the audit market for UK
Public Interest Entities (PIEs) or in audit markets elsewhere in the world.
• a summary of the latest research, both empirical and theoretical, on the
interaction between innovation and competition at a more general level. This
does not necessarily need to be audit specific providing findings could be of
relevance to the audit market.
• a summary of the available (secondary) evidence on innovations in audit since
the previous work by the Competition Commission referenced above.
- Informed by the literature review and the evidence identified above, a short discussion
paper with questions for discussion at a workshop with relevant
innovation and competition experts.