This e-book of the Managerial Auditing Journal looks closely at the place risk management takes in the broad theme of corporate governance and management performance. Examining closely the role risk management from a number of different global perspectives and highlighting the opportunity for...

Firms in the early stage of their organisational lifecycle experience challenges that shape the adoption of management controls. They are also recognised for their use of outsourcing. However, the accounting research has provided limited insight on how these control challenges and...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine how managers in financial institutions satisfy themselves of the effectiveness of risk mitigation strategy and management control. It studies the co-opting of accounting tools within a single financial institution case study, examining the...