This paper analyzes the effects of economic crises on firms' use of management control mechanisms and on their management of stakeholder relations. Moreover, the association between stakeholder management and management control system use is analyzed. In the wake of the economic crisis of...

This paper aims at contributing to a better understanding of the role of middle management in implementing sustainability strategies. We propose three main levers for the substantive implementation of sustainability strategies: virtues- and values-based staffing procedures for middle managers,...

In this study, I investigate how companies design risk-focused control systems in a way that aligns employee risk-taking behavior with overall organizational goals. To investigate how firms go about this control problem, I consider risk-focused results controls (i.e. expanding results controls...