Purpose – The authors aim to present an overview of the papers in this special issue on the theme of the role of management accounting and control in routine and change in organizations, which arose from the Management Control Association Conference at the University of Greenwich, London, UK...

pt. 1. Benchmarks for comparing farm performance -- pt. 2. Benchmarking for better practice in farming -- pt. 3. Environmental benchmarking in food and farming -- pt. 4. Benchmarking for best practice : innovative practice and future developments in food and farming.

This Teaching Note reports on an initiative designed to increase the number of students who undertake homework in the absence of formal rewards, such as additional marks. While the initiative was successful in increasing the number of students who attempted the homework each week, preliminary...

This paper explores how organisations balance controlling and enabling uses of management control systems (MCS), and how this balance facilitates the creation of dynamic tensions and unique organisational capabilities. By employing Simons' (1995) levers of control framework in a case study...