Previous research on the links between income inequality and health and socioeconomic differences in health suggests that relative differences in affluence impact health and well-being more than absolute affluence. This study explored whether self-reported psychosomatic symptoms in adolescents...

Purpose: Cultural studies in business and economics research are still limited to particular cultures. Knowledge on cultural differences may help international corporations to adapt management practices according to the markets they are operating in. The purpose of this paper is to study the...

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the role of environmental management control systems as mechanisms to translate environmental strategy into environmental managerial performance. Design/methodology/approach: Based on survey data from 218 firms, the authors test a structural equation...

Purpose: This study aims to explore the controllability of risk culture, identify and categorize risk culture controls used in firms and explore how industry and ownership structure affect the use of different risk culture controls. Design/methodology/approach: This explorative study is based...

Purpose: This study aims to present a brief overview of developments in management accounting research and practice in German-speaking countries, locate the contributions of this special issue in historical trajectories and provide an outlook of expected future developments in this area....

Commitment im Sinne von Selbstbindung an wettbewerbsstrategische Entscheidungen ist eine unerläßliche Voraussetzung für die Erlangung nachhaltiger Wettbewerbsvorteile. Nur die Bindung an spezifische, weder imitier- noch handelbare Ressourcen eröffnet einer Unternehmung die Chance,...