Performance measurement and management control : contemporary issues / edited by Marc J. Epstein, Frank Verbeeten, Sally K. Widener.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Epstein, Marc J.

Verbeeten, Frank.

Widener, Sally K. (Sally Kathryn)

Series:

Studies in managerial and financial accounting ; v. 31.

Studies in managerial and financial accounting, 1479-3512 ; v. 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Managerial accounting.

Employees--Rating of.

Employees.

Organizational effectiveness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald, 2016.

Summary:

Volume 31 of Studies in managerial and financial accounting (SMFA) covers contemporary issues in performance measurement and management control.These papers are taken from 8th Conference on performance measurement and management control 2015. The topic of this edition is contemporary issues in performance measurement and management control. This is a broad topic by design with the intent of reporting on important research and issues relevant today. For example, papers in the book explore the following: Performance measurement and management control in emerging markets; the use of social and or informal controls; Linkages between creativity, innovation, and control; Innovative control practices in healthcare; Behavioral effects of alternative incentive schemes; Performance evaluation for different organizational designs; Performance measurement in high-performing firms.

Contents:

Breakthrough innovation : the critical role of management control systems / Marc J. Epstein

The complex world of control : integration of ethics and uses of control / Robin R. Radtke, Sally K. Widener

Integrated reporting and sustainability reporting : an exploratory study of high performance companies / Belverd E. Needles, Jr. ... [et al.]

Exploring the effects of corporate governance on voluntary disclosure : an explanatory study on integrated report adoption / Giovanni Fiori, Francesca di Donato, Maria Federica Izzo

What matters with PMS? Critical check points in the success of PMS / Tarmo Kadak, Erkki K. Laitenen

The effectiveness of strategic performance measurement system in creating and steering tension / Takahito Kondo, Takeshi Nishii

Management accounting change in a manufacturing company (1946-1975) / Francesca Francioli, Alberto Quagli

Budgeting for transactional control: the case of a Russian oil company subsidiary / Elena Panteleeva

Performance management in Central and Eastern European countries : a literature review / Irina Paladi, Pierre Fenies

Organizational control in the context of remote work arrangements : a conceptual framework / Luisa Errichiello, Tommasina Pianese

Commonalities and differences in public and private sector per-formance management practices : a literature review / Jan van Helden, Christoph Reichard

Performance assessment in the public sector : the issue of interpretation asymmetries and some behavioral responses / Patricio Rojas.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781785609152

1785609157

OCLC:

953456488