The international convergence of management accounting practices is widely discussed in the field of comparative management accounting research. Previous research has focused on the dissemination of particular management accounting techniques, triggered primarily by multinational companies that...

This paper contributes to the discussion of international convergence in management accounting, which has included only limited empirical data. Building on institutional theory, we have analysed cross-sectional field study data from a unique set of manufacturing companies in Brazil and Germany....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate change processes within German and Spanish management accounting which are induced by the recent economic crisis. To illuminate these changes, a particular emphasis is put on budgeting processes and the role of management accountants....