Planning and reporting solutions in many companies still suffer from poor data quality, are insufficiently integrated and are often time and cost intensive. Step by step, this practice-oriented book shows how things can be done differently. It systematically shows how modern planning and...

Purpose: This paper examines how Management Control Systems (MCS) can enable and constrain the successful adoption of Integrated Thinking in an organisation.Design/methodology/approach: The study adopts a case study approach, involving in-depth interviews and documentary evidence.Findings: The...

The concept of minimum display quantity (MDQ) is unavoidable in brick-and-mortar retailing format owing to which, retailers need to ensure a minimum level of inventory displayed at each store irrespective of the revenue or inventory turns generated by a particular store. It is observed that...

This paper shows how certain management controls become more guiding than others in the management of new product development (NPD). We detail how the opportunity space within which managers maneuver NPD can be underpinned by a hierarchically arranged management control infrastructure governed...

In recent decades, the business world – as well as society at large – has increasingly recognised the relevance of environmental factors as essential determinants of economic development and business decisions. Due to these short- and long-term effects of environmental factors on both the...