This paper provides a theory for the choice of an organizational structure by the headquarters of a unitary structure concerned about overload. The headquarters can avoid overload by delegating operational decisions to divisions, i.e., moving the firm to a multidivisional structure. We show that...

Les entreprises européennes et américaines détiennent une part de plus en plus importante de leurs actifs sous forme de trésorerie, alors que la sophistication financière croissante devrait les aider à réduire la trésorerie. Après un état des lieux sur les niveaux de trésorerie en...

Profit manipulation has been largely studied through Positive Accounting Theory (PAT). However, the weakness of the results obtained would suggest using different theoretical and methodological approaches to examine this subject. In France, management controllers play a central role in profit...