<heading id="h1" level="1" implicit="yes" format="display">ABSTRACT</heading>We develop a theoretical model of the firm that links properties (stewardship vs. valuation focus) of financial reporting regimes with the informational properties of optimal managerial accounting systems. We show that, contrary to the standard textbook proposition, properties of...

<heading id="h1" level="1" implicit="yes" format="display">ABSTRACT</heading>Drawing on transaction cost economics and institutional theory we argue that the effects of institutional constraints on the transaction costs of outsourcing vary systematically with the type of service outsourced and the ownership structure of the outsourcing firm. Using data from...