Search Results - subject:"Contingency theory"

A contingency approach to performance measurement in service operations

Jääskeläinen, Aki; Laihonen, Harri; Lönnqvist, Antti; … - In: Measuring Business Excellence 16 (2012) 1, pp. 43-52

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the contingency factors affecting performance measurement in the service context. The paper aims to review the literature on performance measurement and synthesize it to a framework that creates a basis for analyzing measurement practices...

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The impact of CFOs' characteristics and information technology on cost management systems

Pavlatos, Odysseas - In: Journal of Applied Accounting Research 13 (2012), pp. 242-254

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the factors influencing the use of cost management systems (CMS) for decision-making, control and performance evaluation. Design/methodology/approach – An empirical survey via questionnaires was conducted on a sample of 100 leading hotels...

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Extending contingency: the impact of strategy, technology, size and business environment on the organisational form of small Chinese firms

Reid, Gavin C; Xu, Xhibin; Smith, Julia A - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012

This paper is inspired by articles in the last decade or so that have argued for more attention to theory, and to empirical analysis, within the well-known, and long-lasting, contingency framework for explaining the organisational form of the firm. Its contribution is to extend contingency...

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Emerging multinational companies and strategic fit: A contingency framework and future research agenda

Gammeltoft, Peter; Filatotchev, Igor; Hobdari, Bersant - In: European Management Journal 30 (2012) 3, pp. 175-188

There is an increasing awareness in international business that institutional factors need to be better incorporated into the understanding of international investments decisions of multinational companies. This applies equally to outward foreign direct investment by emerging economy firms. The...

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Extending contingency: the impact of strategy, technology, size and business environment on the organisational form of small Chinese firms

Reid, Gavin C; Xu, Xhibin; Smith, Julia A - Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE) - 2012

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HARNESSING THE VALUE OF OPEN INNOVATION: THE MODERATING ROLE OF INNOVATION MANAGEMENT

SALGE, TORSTEN OLIVER; BOHNÉ, THOMAS MARC; FARCHI, TOMAS; … - In: International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim) 16 (2012) 03, pp. 1240005-1

In this paper, we develop and test a firm-level contingency model of inbound open innovation in an attempt to contribute to explaining the substantial disparities in open innovation payoff that exist between firms. Integrating elements from the resource- and knowledge-based views and the...

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Best practices in demand forecasting: Tests of universalistic, contingency and configurational theories

Kalchschmidt, Matteo - In: International Journal of Production Economics 140 (2012) 2, pp. 782-793

The paper focuses on best practices in demand forecasting. Literature has addressed the best practice concept under three different perspectives. According to the universalistic perspective, some forecasting practices are universally effective regardless of the context in which companies...

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The impact of CFOs' characteristics and information technology on cost management systems

Pavlatos, Odysseas - In: Journal of Applied Accounting Research 13 (2012) 3, pp. 242-254

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the factors influencing the use of cost management systems (CMS) for decision‐making, control and performance evaluation. Design/methodology/approach – An empirical survey via questionnaires was conducted on a sample of 100 leading hotels...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014837816

Organizing for post‐implementation ERP : A contingency theory perspective

Gallagher, Kevin P.; Coleman Gallagher, Vickie - In: Journal of Enterprise Information Management 25 (2012) 2, pp. 170-185

measures of success did not seem to dictate the final organizational structure, as would be predicted by contingency theory …, taking into consideration SMEs and reporting structure, goals, and measures of success utilizing contingency theory as the …, while organizations that retain SMEs employ a centralized functional‐support structure. In accordance with contingency …

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Intra-organizational integration and innovation: organizational structure, environmental contingency and R&D performance

Lee, You-Na; Walsh, John P. - International Centre for Economic Research (ICER) - 2012

especially likely to face complex and uncertain information environments. Following prior work in contingency theory, this paper …

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