Essays about: "Strategic management accounting"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 47 essays containing the words Strategic management accounting.

1. 21. Profit or Loss? Exploring the Decision-Making Value of Natural Capital Accounting for Businesses

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Elena Talalasova; [2017]
   Keywords : natural capital accounting; corporate decision-making; integration; environmental information; monetary evaluation; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The aim of the study at had was to explore the potential of Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) to integrate environment into business decision-making. In order to fulfill the aim, the research was split into three main parts. READ MORE

3. 22. Value Creation with Lean Accounting

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Muhammad Abdus Samad; Yumeng Shu; Kateryna Ogar; [2017]
   Keywords : lean accounting; Strategic management accounting; target costing; time-driven activity based costing; value chain management.; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The study adapts on the cybernetic controls part of the framework of Malmi and Brown (2008) elaborating the discussion to resolve the limitations of traditional accounting practices with the combination of modern accounting techniques. Since some conventional practices of accounting are no longer commensurate to the contemporary lean manufacturing environment, the emerging techniques come in place. READ MORE

4. 23. Transcending autonomy and control through management accounting: A neoliberal perspective on MCS in the knowledge-intensive firm

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Victoria Scheer; Carl Lekvall; [2017]
   Keywords : Management Control Systems; Knowledge-intensive firms; Foucault; Neo-liberalism;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine how Management Control Systems (MCSs) can balance the tension between autonomy and control in knowledge-intensive firms (KIFs). The study was carried out by conducting an in-depth single-case study at the Swedish branch of an international management consulting firm. READ MORE

5. 24. Opportunities to realize benefits of IT investments: A case study of a shared service center at Atlas Copco

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Nathalie Andrén; Johan Nilsson Wall; [2016-09-15]
   Keywords : Management control; Cybernetic controls; Balanced Scorecard; Contingency; IT investments; Strategic Alignment; Strategic Emphasis; Information Systems;

   Abstract : Background and Problem: A large proportion of firms’ investments consist of information technology (IT) investments. The direct benefits of IT investments are best captured at the process level and to achieve business value, strategic alignment between business and IT is needed. Statistics show that to control IT investments is not an easy task. READ MORE

6. 25. The Interrelations of Intrafirm Management Control and Inter-organizational Relationships - A study of sponsorship activities within elite sports clubs

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Marcus Kristensson; Gabriel Spetz; [2016]
   Keywords : Management Control; Interfirm Relationships; Intrafirm Management Accounting; Sponsorship Management; Control Package;

   Abstract : This paper adds to the emerging stream of literature on the interrelations between intra- and interfirm management control by looking into how various forms of collaborations influence, and are in turn influenced, by internal management control systems (MCS). We draw theoretically on Merchant & Van der Stede's (2003) result, action, personnel and cultural controls, which are used as a package to analyze mutual influences between the firm and its various collaborations. READ MORE