Three dimensions characterize a management control system: the nature of the involvement of operational managers, the degree of customization of the underlying tools and the relationship with the compensation policy. This characterization further formalizes the distinction between diagnostic and...

This paper focuses on the CSR measures as major tool to manage a corporate social performance through the study of eight French companies. Based on behavioural control theoretical framework, this paper also analyzed the different uses of these CSR measures. This analysis allows us to report a...

Nous sommes entrés dans l'ère des sociétés de la connaissance qui nous amène à considérer les activités de recherche avec une acuité nouvelle. Exercée jusqu'alors en marge de la société productive, la recherche s'est vue demandée des comptes sur son efficacité et son utilité. Les...

Purpose - This paper contributes to the sociology-of-science type of accounting literature, addressing how accounting knowledge is established, advanced and extended. Design/methodology/approach - The research question is answered through the example of research into linkages between accounting...

This paper questions the impact of Bhimani's (1999), Harrison's & McKinnon's (1999), McSweeney's (2002a) and Baskerville's (2003) critiques of Hofstede's model on accounting research. We assess how cultural studies published in accounting journals and referring to these critiques have been...

The present paper draws on the main issues in the production of scientific knowledge based upon grounded theory in management accounting research. This piece of work is a bibliographic study confronting grounded theory practices with the expectations of its founders (Glaser et Strauss, 1967; Strauss...

Budgetary process have been highly criticized for many years. Through seven case studies, this paper tries to assess the relevance of these criticisms. Two answers are defined. First, we show that criticisms are concentrated on few roles attributed to budgets. Second, thanks to a analytic...

The implementation of management control devices in the public sector is a very difficult challenge, especially if these devices come from private sector. Through two case studies, this paper analyses how two public organizations have implemented management control systems. We point out that...

Management control is a very difficult task when applied to innovation. For some researchers, it's even an impossible mission. Despite this, our paper presents a theoretical framework issued from a literature review and based on Simons research (1995). This framework is used to understand how...

This research is concerned with the diffusion of management accounting innovations viewed as a process of actor-network building and translation. The aim is to better understand the nature of accounting change. Using Actor-Network Theory (ANT), we analyze two innovations that have had different...