%0 Journal Article %T Editorial Volume 6 Issue 1 %A Ciorstan Smark %J Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal %D 2012 %I University of Wollongong %X Welcome to the first issue of AABFJ for 2012. This issue is weighted towards finance and economics with a diverse range of geographical regions represented in this issue¡¯s offerings. Papers in this issue present studies from Indonesia, Italy, Portugal, Australia, Canada, the UK and the US. A variety of ontological approaches are also present, from social constructionist to the assumed realist approaches of the economics and finance articles. %K Editorial AABFJ %U http://ro.uow.edu.au/aabfj/vol6/iss1/9