principals. The "governor's dilemma" results from the tradeoff between agent competence and principal control. Competent agents … are difficult to control because their policy contributions give them leverage over the principal; principal control … impedes agent competence by constraining the development and exercise of agent capabilities. If a principal emphasizes control …

parts of the accounting process to vendors in other parts of the world. Offshore outsourcing of accounting presents some … unique risks, control problems and challenges. In this paper we focus on the control of relational risk, a form of risk … adopted by vendors and clients. It is argued that the findings have more general implications for the management of offshore …

Lebensmittellogistik in Hinblick auf die Wahrnehmung von Autonomie und Kontrolle aus Perspektive der Arbeitskräfte ebenso zu analysieren … Ergebnis zeigt sich im Alltag die Gleichzeitigkeit von Autonomie und Kontrolle, die auf die Einbindung von neuen Technologien … and control from the worker's perspective and the resulting effects on the design of employment relationships. The …

Control and trust are recurring themes in the analysis of the management of International Joint Ventures (IJVs). Both …, studies that have empirically tested the existence and nature of the mechanisms that are assumed to link control and trust to … taking place between the JV partners. Analysing the interaction processes in the context of control, trust and performance is …

This paper investigates how family ownership, control and management affect firm investment performance. We use the … identity of the CEO and the COB to establish under what management the firm is: founder, descendent or external management. The … analysis shows that founder management has no effect on investment performance in family firms, whereas descendant management …

No concept of corporate management has spread as quickly in global business practice as the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) by …

In this paper we account for observed management practice in the estimation of aproduction function. In our model … management practice is observable and we allow it toaffect output directly (neutral shift) and indirectly by affecting input … (in)efficiency do not correlate highly with observedmanagement. We also find that management affects output both directly …