In the recent past, controllers have become responsible for an increasingly broad range of tasks. The shift is empirically evident, but a theoretical model of these new roles has yet to be developed. This paper describes a framework based on an economic perspective. It combines qualitative and...

The present study tries to indicate the essential characteristics of the job description of a controller in German small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Therefore new empirical data have been collected in the years 2003-2006 by questioning controllers in German enterprises. By the use of a...

This study examines the characteristics of controlling in German small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), also known as “German Mittelstand”. By the use of a concise explication of differences but also similarities between the characteristics in SMEs and large companies, a framework...