Our paper deals with the research question wether the association between management accounting system (MAS) design and controllership output quality is made by controllers, i.e. preparers of management accounting information, and managers, i.e. users of management accounting information, in a...

With the adoption and spreading use of IFRS, controllership as part of the overallaccounting and finance function in German-speaking countries has been subject tofundamental changes. From a conceptual point of view, IFRS-based financialaccounting systems have a twofold impact on controllership:...

Im Zuge der steigenden Verbreitung der IFRS erfährt die Controllership einen tiefgreifenden Wandel. Aufgrund der durch die IFRS begünstigten fortschreitenden Verzahnung von Controlling und Finanzberichterstattung werden die traditionellen Controller- Rollen um die Rolle als...

To provide accounting information for management control purpose. two fundemental options exist: (a) The financial records can be used as a database for management accounting (integrated accounting sytem design), or (b) the management accounting system used by controlles can be based upon a...

Two fundamental options exist for management accounting system (MAS) design: Either financial records can be used as a database for management accounting (integrated accounting system design), or the MAS can be based upon a separate system, i.e., a third set of books beside financial and tax...