The effectiveness of Japanese management practices (JMPs) is often referred to as a major reason for Japan's economic miracle. In recent years, several countries also have achieved remarkable results by adopting some JMPs in their manufacturing organisations. Through the overview of an Indian...

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of the roles of management control systems in creating competitive advantage and present a framework for its measurement. A literature review was conducted on management control systems, competitive strategy, budgetary control systems and...

This paper is centred on the research related to international financial reporting standards (IFRS). IFRS are of great usefulness for countries which do not have a national standards setting body as the preparation of accounting standards involves considerable cost and, it would not be...

In recent years, increasing emphasis has been placed on the need for accounting students to view problems in their organisational and social context and accounting educators have started to use cases widely as a teaching method. Cases provide students with high-levels of reasoning, problem...

Less developed countries (LDCs) have given increasing emphasis to reduce the role of the government and to reform public sector management by adopting business-like management practices. Public sector reforms in Sri Lanka have been an interesting strategic initiative in the attempt to achieve...

The effectiveness of Japanese management practices (JMPs) is often referred to as a major reason for Japan's economic miracle. In recent years, several countries also have achieved remarkable results by adopting some JMPs in their manufacturing organisations. Through the overview of an Indian...

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of the roles of management control systems in creating competitive advantage and present a framework for its measurement. A literature review was conducted on management control systems, competitive strategy, budgetary control systems and...

The purpose of this research was to explore the components in the content of mission statements and investigate the impact of such statements on company performance. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used to explore the mission statements and their impact on performance...