Narrative Reporting (management commentary, sustainability/SEA/CSR, ESG, integrated)
Digital Financial Reporting (web-based reporting and XBRL)
Accounting Education
Accounting for Intangibles
Research Funding
Rowbottom, N. 'An investigation of the business case for investor relations and online reporting', INDEX scheme (September 2008) £3,000.
Lymer, A., Rowbottom, N. & Allam, A. 'Measuring and understanding the demand for online corporate reporting', ESRC (March2003 - August 2004) £75,000
Journal Articles
Rowbottom, N. (forthcoming) ‘A-level Subject Choice, Systematic Bias and University Performance: the Case of Accounting’, Accounting Education
Schroeder, M. & Rowbottom, N. (2013). ‘A Kantian Analysis of Financial Accounting’, Journal of Theoretical Accounting Research 8/2, 38-78.
Rowbottom, N. & Lymer, A. (2010). ‘Exploring the Use and Users of Narrative Reporting in the Online Annual Report’, Journal of Applied Accounting Research, 11/2, 90-108.
Rowbottom, N. & Lymer, A. (2009). ‘Exploring the Use of Online Corporate Reporting Information’, Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, 6, 27-44.
Rowbottom, N. & Lymer, A. (2009). 'Exploring the use of Online Corporate Sustainability Information', Accounting Forum, 33, 176-186.
Rowbottom, N., Allam, A. & Lymer, A. (2005). An Exploration of the Potential for Studying the Usage of Investor Relations Information through the Analysis of Web Server Logs, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, 6, 31-53.
Lymer, A., Rowbottom, N. & Allam,A. (2003). 'The power of the web log - a guide for IROs', Informed (Investor Relations Society), November, 18-19.
Rowbottom, N. (2002). 'The Application of Intangible Asset Accounting and Discretionary Policy Choices in the UK Football Industry', British Accounting Review, 34, 335-355.
Rowbottom, N. (1996). 'The Football Industry', P.A.S.S., Sept., 10-11
Conference Proceedings
Rowbottom, N., Allam, A. & Lymer, A. (2004) "An exploration of the potential for studying the usage of Investor Relations information through the analysis of Web server logs" Collected Papers of the 13th Annual Research Workshop on Artificial Intelligenceand Emerging Technologies in Accounting, Auditing and Tax, Orlando, USA, p.41-52.
Conference Papers
Rowbottom, N. (2012). A-Level Subject Choice, Systematic Bias and University Performance: the Case of Accounting. British Accounting & Finance Association Education Conference, Sheffield May 2012
Rowbottom, N. & Lymer, A. (2007). User Access to Statements of Management Commentary: the Case of the Operating & Financial Review, European Accounting Association, Lisbon April 2007.
Rowbottom, N. Lymer, A. & Wilkins, B. (2006). The Demand for Corporate Sustainability Reporting: Online Evidence, European Accounting Association, Dublin April 2006.
Rowbottom, N. Lymer, A. & Wilkins, B. (2005). The Demand for Corporate Sustainability Reporting: Online Evidence, Financial Reporting & Business Communication Conference, Cardiff July 2005.
Rowbottom, N., Allam, A. & Lymer, A. (2004). An Exploration of the Potential for Studying the Usage of Investor Relations Information through the Analysis of Web Server Logs, European Accounting Association, Prague April 2004.