Claims and evidence concerning the balanced scorecard (BSC) from the research literature are outlined, integrating current thinking about its substantive content and assumptions, strategic alignment, implementation issues, judgment and decision-making, organizational performance, compensation...

This study investigates the impact of style of budget use on team-level motivation and team effectiveness. Specifically, we draw on Simons' work (1994, 1995, 2000) to examine how, in biotechnology firms, the extent of interactive and diagnostic uses of budgets affect team effectiveness directly...

Top management team (TMT) support has been identified as one of the most important critical factors to the success of management control systems (MCS) innovations. However, prior studies have taken TMT support for MCS innovations as a given rather than considering the factors that determine...