Drawing on a framework of deinstitutionalization, this study explores the abandonment of budgeting through a multiple-case study of four companies. The findings illustrate how a number of antecedents to deinstitutionalization acted in each setting and show that abandonment was only achieved...

Numerous critical studies argue that control of individuals is obtained through domination. In this article, the authors focus on the design and on the development of a Panoptic organization and not on its implementation. By taking this point of view, they demonstrate the possibility of going...

While it is generally maintained that earnings management can occur to inform as well as to mislead, evidence that earnings management informs has been scarce, and evidence that credibility increases with signal costliness inexistent. We provide evidence that firms use discretion over financial...

Planning and management control in France in 1998, the major changes in the management control systems.

This paper analyses and compares the basic concepts founding ABC in the French literature. It shows that the main converging and diverging points are related to the definition of basic notions (task, activity, process) and to cost calculation. The authors diverge mainly on the definition of...

Information on the activity of Mary P. Follet, her theory on business management and her contribution to the understanding of control concept.