Most of the research work concerning the French tableau de bord tends to locate its birth in industrial companies with engineers as lead roles and the State as supporting role (Lebas, 1996). Yet, a study in the Crédit Lyonnais archives shows that banks are not unequipped with this kind of...

Most of the research work concerning the French tableau de bord tends to locate its birth in industrial companies with engineers as lead roles and the State as supporting role (Lebas, 1996). Yet, a study in the Crédit Lyonnais archives shows that banks are not unequipped with this kind of...

This article presents a research on the use of e-mail in the hierarchical control relationship. Three characteristics of this NTIC (quasi contract, large diffusion and conviviality) explain the fact that e-mail is used as a supervision tool by managers and a means for the subordinates to signal...

Bien souvent, les recherches en contrôle de gestion n'accordent pas la même importance à la qualité des mesures utilisées que d'autres domaines de la gestion (lemarketing notamment). Pourtant, la qualité de la mesure peut largement influencer les résultats d'une recherche. Ainsi une...

Depuis 20 ans, la question de la gestion de l’État est au cœur des réformes de l’administration dans tous les pays de l’OCDE. À cet égard, l’introduction d’une culture du résultat et des dispositifs de contrôle de gestion qui l’accompagnent dans l’administration publique...

This exploratory research, realized on the firms that constituted the CAC 40 index from 2000 to 2003, shows that cost reduction programs announcements have a positive impact on shareholders value. Stock market reactions depend on whether firms are in financial crisis or not but are independant...

Gérer est une activité sérieuse qui ne tolère pas l'approximation. Le gestionnaire qui se respecte se doit ainsi de « gérer en bon père de famille ». Gérer est un acte rationnel qui consiste à éliminer de la prise de décision l'impulsion, les rêveries et les spéculations. Pour...

This paper examines issues related to the explanation of the budgeting practices variety. The framework chosen to explain diversity is the contingency theory. It gives us the opportunity to determinate the explanatory factors of budgeting practices: uncertainty, technology, organization, and...

This thesis reports a study of accountants’ everyday work. Direct observation of their daily work through participant observation allows showing erratic terms understudied by accounting research. Contributions are drawn upon financial accounting and organizing as well. I propose a preliminary...

Social requirements concerning corporate social responsibility focus on transparency and harmlessness of firm activities : a factory or a quarry must be invisible, odorless, and silent. Firms must show that they respect those requirements in order to gain legitimacy. They must change...