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There is an increasing attention to behavioral aspects in management accounting research. In a survey professors teaching management accounting at German universities were asked about the recognition of behavioral aspects in education today and the expected future development. Findings suggest...
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The following paper analyzes the results of empirical controlling research in German-speaking countries from 1990 to … controlling research but may also serve as guidelines for implementing efficient as well as effective planning systems in business …
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Controlling" represents a new concept in the Romanian economic environement, being implemented successfully in very few … companies. Unlike the German space where controlling is very well represented both at a practical level and in the academia, in … Romania controlling can only be found at a practical level, and the specialized literature is restraint, almost absent. Since …
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Parting from a pragmatic constructivist epistemological paradigm, and based on a qualitative methodology, this abductive research explores the strategic management control of inter-organisational relationships (IORs) in civil aerospace. Based on both participating observation and specific case...
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Exploiting existing resources or exploring new ones is an old dilemma. As exploitation consists in “the refinement and extension of existing competences, technologies and paradigms” (March, 1991, p. 85) and exploration means “experimentation with new alternatives” (March, 1991, p. 85),...
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The purpose of this paper is to review analytical conceptualizations of management control systems (MCS) that have been developed in the academic literature. By means of a systematic review (Tranfield et al. in Br. J. Manag. 14: 207–222, <CitationRef CitationID="CR81">2003</CitationRef>), a comprehensive analysis that encompasses both...</citationref>
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Is an implementation of a management control system in a public company a lever of change ? A case study was carried out with the French National Railway Company between 1996 and 1998. The management control adapts to the strategic and structural change. The objectives are to decentralize the...
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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...
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