Notwithstanding a growing interest in performance management systems for universities, little is known about their application to academic departments, public institutions dedicated to research. The purpose of the paper is the exploration of a specific performance measurement model - the...

This article describes the implementation of the balanced scorecard (BSC) strategy map in a university department. The department is a good example of a complex public sector service organization—therefore the article has relevance beyond universities. The strategy map was found to be an...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present and discuss an accounting innovation in the cost measurement system of rail transport companies. Design/methodology/approach – The authors identify the distinctive features that cost accounting systems should have in order to capture the...

In this study, we explore the role of Chief Executive Officers’ (CEOs’) incentives, split between monetary (based on both bonus compensation and changes in the value of the CEO’s portfolio of stocks and options) and non-monetary (career concerns, incoming/departing CEOs, and power and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine whether the presentation medium of corporate social and environmental web site disclosure has an impact on user trust in such disclosure, and to examine the effect of media richness on user perception about corporate social and environmental...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine three potential explanations for the corporate choice to disclose environmental capital spending amounts. Design/methodology/approach – Using archival data from a sample of Fortune 500 US firms operating in industries subject to both the...

In contrast to most other countries, South Korea's Ministry of Environment has been providing substantial guidance for corporate stand-alone environmental reporting. Motivated by the existence of such support, we investigate the extensiveness of environmental disclosure for a sample of South...

In this study, we examine the changes in disclosure practices at Siemens AG—a large German multinational corporation, on compliance and the fight against corruption over a period of 11 years during which two significant corruption-related events occurred: (1) the issuance of the 10th principle...