Literature has highlighted how the decrease in the duration of activities in management processes reduces costs while increasing the value created for customer. In this paper, using a logical-deductive method, we show that the performance of firms also depends on the temporal order (thus not...

Firstly, the present paper proposes a theoretical framework of Strategic Management Accounting (SMA) in the context of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Additionally, it examines the actual diffusion of SMA with reference to a sample of 40 SMEs from central Italy. Finally, it presents a...