Enrico Bracci is Professor of Accounting at the University of Ferrara (Italy). Vice-Director of the Department of Economics and Management, and Vice-Director of the Public Value Research Centre (CERVAP).Gustaf Kastberg Weichselberger is a Professor at the School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.Salvatore Russo is an Associate Professor at Ca' Foscari University of Venice and is mainly concerned with accounting and management systems in public and non-profit organisations.

• Chapter 1. Public Value Accounting and Accountability: An Introduction; Enrico Bracci, Gustaf Kastberg Weichselberger, and Salvatore Russo Chapter 2. How Public Value Accounting takes Place: Articulations, Atmospheres, Air Conditioning; Hendrik Vollmer Chapter 3. Public Value Accounting and the Challenge of Multiple Agency Relationships: When Bringing Fairness and Justice Back In; Hans-Jürgen Bruns Chapter 4. Public Value Accounting and Blockchains; Usman W. Chohan Chapter 5. Critical Issues and Future Challenges on Gender Equality: The Role of Gender-Responsive Budgeting for Public Value; Giovanna Galizzi and Chiara Oppi Chapter 6. The Public Value Pyramid as a Possible Framework for Public Value Accounting; Enrico Deidda Gagliardo, Luca Papi, Giorgia Gobbo, and Riccardo Ievoli Chapter 7. What Characterises the Discussion of Performance Measurements in Public Value Accounting and What are the Challenges?; Linda Höglund and Maria Mårtensson Chapter 8. Towards Public Value-Centric Non-Financial Reporting: Establishing a Conceptual Foundation; Tie Cui and Yinuo Pan Chapter 9. Advancing Public Value Recognition through Sustainability Reporting in Public Sector Organizations; Chiara Mio and Salvatore Russo Chapter 10. Reconsidering Integrated Reporting in Public Sector Organizations: Challenges for Territorial Government; Andrea Garlatti, Paolo Fedele, and Silvia Iacuzzi Chapter 11. Dissecting the Destruction of Public Value in Public Private Partnerships (PPPs); Paolo Esposito, Mouhcine Tallaki, and Massimiliano Tufo Chapter 12. Accountability in Public Value Crises: From the Risk of Public Value Failure to the Opportunity of Public Value Creation; Evelyne Lande, Bruno Feral, Hasina Rasolonjatovo, Linlin Zhou, Mohamad Fadl Harake, Rova Razananaivo, and Benjamin Dreveton Chapter 13. Categorising Public Value for Universities of Applied Sciences: Case studies in the Netherlands; Luc Salemans Chapter 14. Auditing Public Value Strategy: Lessons from Wales; Martin Kitchener, Dennis De Widt, and Richard Baylis

Enrico Bracci is Professor of Accounting at the University of Ferrara (Italy). Vice-Director of the Department of Economics and Management, and Vice-Director of the Public Value Research Centre (CERVAP).Gustaf Kastberg Weichselberger is a Professor at the School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.Salvatore Russo is an Associate Professor at Ca' Foscari University of Venice and is mainly concerned with accounting and management systems in public and non-profit organisations.

• Chapter 1. Public Value Accounting and Accountability: An Introduction; Enrico Bracci, Gustaf Kastberg Weichselberger, and Salvatore Russo Chapter 2. How Public Value Accounting takes Place: Articulations, Atmospheres, Air Conditioning; Hendrik Vollmer Chapter 3. Public Value Accounting and the Challenge of Multiple Agency Relationships: When Bringing Fairness and Justice Back In; Hans-Jürgen Bruns Chapter 4. Public Value Accounting and Blockchains; Usman W. Chohan Chapter 5. Critical Issues and Future Challenges on Gender Equality: The Role of Gender-Responsive Budgeting for Public Value; Giovanna Galizzi and Chiara Oppi Chapter 6. The Public Value Pyramid as a Possible Framework for Public Value Accounting; Enrico Deidda Gagliardo, Luca Papi, Giorgia Gobbo, and Riccardo Ievoli Chapter 7. What Characterises the Discussion of Performance Measurements in Public Value Accounting and What are the Challenges?; Linda Höglund and Maria Mårtensson Chapter 8. Towards Public Value-Centric Non-Financial Reporting: Establishing a Conceptual Foundation; Tie Cui and Yinuo Pan Chapter 9. Advancing Public Value Recognition through Sustainability Reporting in Public Sector Organizations; Chiara Mio and Salvatore Russo Chapter 10. Reconsidering Integrated Reporting in Public Sector Organizations: Challenges for Territorial Government; Andrea Garlatti, Paolo Fedele, and Silvia Iacuzzi Chapter 11. Dissecting the Destruction of Public Value in Public Private Partnerships (PPPs); Paolo Esposito, Mouhcine Tallaki, and Massimiliano Tufo Chapter 12. Accountability in Public Value Crises: From the Risk of Public Value Failure to the Opportunity of Public Value Creation; Evelyne Lande, Bruno Feral, Hasina Rasolonjatovo, Linlin Zhou, Mohamad Fadl Harake, Rova Razananaivo, and Benjamin Dreveton Chapter 13. Categorising Public Value for Universities of Applied Sciences: Case studies in the Netherlands; Luc Salemans Chapter 14. Auditing Public Value Strategy: Lessons from Wales; Martin Kitchener, Dennis De Widt, and Richard Baylis