Essays about: "control levers"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 41 essays containing the words control levers.

1. 16. Time to Sort Things Out - Value creation and management control systems in ESG-focused private equity: A case study on Summa Equity's value creation journey in Sortera Group

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

   Author : Andi Kullashi; Michael Larzev; [2021]
   Keywords : ESG; Sustainability; Private equity; Value creation; Management control systems;

   Abstract : This study elaborates on the research of value creation and management control systems in the private equity field. Through a single case study of the ESG-focused private equity firm Summa Equity and its previous portfolio company, Sortera Group, this study addresses the limited research on how an ESG focus can be implicated in the value creation process in private equity and how it affects how management control systems are designed in supporting such a process. READ MORE

3. 17. Preferable levers of control between management levels in post-merger integration context - A case study in an Asian factory of a multinational corporation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Tuan Tam Tran; Gejsi Bendo; [2021]
   Keywords : Management control system; Levers of Control; Strategy; Organizational structure; Middle Management; Post-merger integration; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis examines Management Control Systems in post merging situations. The company which is the case study has restructured its organization by merging two divisions. Hence, the purpose of the thesis is to investigate how the Management Control System has been changed after integration. READ MORE

4. 18. Accepting and Managing the Unknown - A Study of Management Control Mechanisms During Times of Uncertainty in a Private Equity Context

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

   Author : Fredrik von Plomgren; William Wiksell; [2021]
   Keywords : Management Control Mechanisms; Private Equity; Uncertainty; Inter organisational relationship; Formal and Informal Controls;

   Abstract : This paper adds to past research on management control mechanisms (MCMs) in the private equity (PE) context. Through a cross sectional study on 11 PE firms, this paper addresses the limited research on how PE firms cope with, and reduce uncertainty, in their portfolio companies (PCs) through MCMs. READ MORE

5. 19. Manage your innovation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Rebecca Petersson; Ivar Stiernspetz; [2021]
   Keywords : Management control; Simons’ Levers of Control; Ambidexterity; Explorative innovation; Exploitative innovation; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Course BUSN79 Degree Project Authors Rebecca Petersson & Ivar Stiernspetz Advisor Anna Glenngård Examiner Anders Anell Five key words Management control, Simons’ Levers of Control, Ambidexterity, Explorative innovation, Exploitative innovation. Purpose: The study aspires to explore if and how exploitative and explorative units within the same firm require different adaptation of Management Control Systems (MCS). READ MORE

6. 20. Effects of CFO Characteristics on the Use of Management Control Systems - An Upper Echelons Perspective

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Elias Alvebro; David Eliasson; [2020-07-01]
   Keywords : Upper echelons theory; management control systems; CFO characteristics; levers of control; gender; business education; marital status;

   Abstract : Recent management control research suggests that managerial characteristics influence the design and use of management control systems (MCS). This study draws on upper echelons theory and Simons’ levers of control framework to examine how CFO characteristics affect the use of MCS. READ MORE