Purpose – Business networks have to coordinate each of their partners' goals and expectations, as a lack of partner compatibility and goal incongruence could lead to conflict and opportunistic behavior. These potential problems highlight the relevance of partner selection as a means of...

The network management within supply chains requires a systematic cost oriented tool to measure and manage the transactions between the partners. Therefore a supply chain performance measurement was developed, that considers all cost of selection, acquisition, use, administration, maintenance...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect between intangible and tangible (i.e. financial) organizational performance as well as the effects of the crucial influencing factors “trust”, “strategic relevance” and “participation”. Design/methodology/approach –...

This cross-section study contains the testing of a cause-and-effect model which is likewise based on the visualised conception of the value added realisation. In the context of a structural equation model 27 hypotheses have been tested; preliminary 23 of them could be proven. Thereby, a...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of two formal controls, namely target rigidity and process autonomy, on team adaptability and project success in new product development (NPD) projects. Target rigidity refers to performance goals that are non-negotiable once they...

Hypercompetitive businesses are increasingly requiring the need for more rapid and sophisticated information and data analysis. This challenges management accounting's role in effectively supporting the management decision making process. The emerging area of business analytics can potentially...

This paper investigates strategy and control's key effects on relationship performance in German automotive supplier firms, specifically taking the relational aspects into account. In buyer-supplier relationships the more powerful party could exploit the dependent party by means of opportunistic...