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Digitalisering inom redovisningsbranschen: En kvalitativ studie på små redovisningsbyråer
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Business and Economic Studies.
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Business and Economic Studies.
2021 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka digitaliseringens institutionalisering i små redovisningsbyråer samt dess påverkan på redovisningsprocessen. 

Metod: Vi har genomfört en kvalitativ studie och en deduktiv forskningsansats har använts. Data samlades in genom semistrukturerade telefonintervjuer och analyserades med hjälp av tematiska analys. Totalt intervjuades tio små redovisningsbyråer. 

Resultat & slutsats: Digitaliseringens institutionalisering i små redovisningsbyråer kan delvis förklaras av den nyinstitutionella teorins isomorfismer. Dessa institutionella krafter har institutionaliserat digitaliseringen i byråerna i varierande utsträckning. Vi kan konstatera att den tvingande och härmande isomorfismen haft störst påverkan och att den normativa isomorfismen inte påverkat byråerna i lika hög utsträckning. Studien visar att digitaliseringen har påverkat redovisningsprocessens samtliga steg. Processen ser dock fortfarande likadan ut. Digitaliseringen har bara underlättat arbetet. 

Examensarbetets bidrag: Studien lämnar ett teoretiskt bidrag till den befintliga litteraturen genom att visa att den nyinstitutionella teorins isomorfismer kan förklara hur digitaliseringen har institutionaliserats i små redovisningsbyråer. Studien lämnar ytterligare ett teoretiskt bidrag till den befintliga litteraturen genom att visa att redovisningsprocessens samtliga steg i små redovisningsbyråer har påverkats av digitaliseringen men att processen fortfarande är densamma, det vill säga att konsulten fortfarande utför samma tjänst men att arbetet underlättats. Studiens praktiska bidrag är att små redovisningsbyråer som inte har digitaliserat sin verksamhet bör göra det samt att studenter och nyexaminerade ekonomer bör ha en inblick i hur redovisningsarbetet har påverkats av digitaliseringen. 

Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Vidare studier kan undersöka digitaliseringens institutionalisering i små företag som upprättar sin redovisning internt samt dess påverkan på redovisningsprocessen i dessa företag. 

Abstract [en]

Aim: The purpose of this study is to investigate the institutionalisation of digitalisation in small accounting firms and the impact it has on the accounting process.

Method: We have conducted a qualitative study and a deductive research approach has been used. Data were collected through semi-structured telephone interviews and analyzed using thematic analysis. A total of ten small accounting firms were interviewed.

Result & Conclusions: The institutionalisation of digitalisation in small accounting firms can partly be explained by the isomorphisms of the new institutional theory. These institutional forces have institutionalized the digitalisation in the small accounting firms to varying extent. We can state that the coercive and mimetic isomorphism has had the greatest impact and that the normative isomorphism does not affect the small accounting firms to the same extent. The study shows that digitalisation has affected all the steps of the accounting process. However, the process still looks the same. Digitalisation has only facilitated the work.

Contribution of the thesis: The study makes a theoretical contribution to the existing literature by showing that the isomorphisms of the new institutional theory can explain how digitalisation has been institutionalized in small accounting firms. The study makes another theoretical contribution to the existing literature by showing that all the steps in the accounting process in small accounting firms have been affected by the digitalisation but that the process continues to be the same, the accountant continues to provide the same service, but the work has been facilitated. The practical contribution of the study is that small accounting firms that have not digitized their business should do so, and that students and newly graduated economists should have an insight into how the accounting work has been affected by digitalisation.

Suggestions for future research: Further studies can investigate the institutionalisation of digitalisation in small companies that employs in-house accountants and the impact it has on the accounting process in these companies.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021. , p. 43
Keywords [en]
Digitalisation, Automatisation, Accounting, The accounting process, New institutional theory, Isomorphism
Keywords [sv]
Digitalisering, Automatisering, Redovisning, Redovisningsprocessen, Nyinstitutionell teori, Isomorfism
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-36409OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-36409DiVA, id: diva2:1570043
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Business administration
Educational program
Business administration
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Available from: 2021-07-01 Created: 2021-06-21 Last updated: 2025-10-02Bibliographically approved

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