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...

HR and health issues are supposed to be crucial in terms of enterprises´ future performance and competitiveness. However, systematic, continuous and strategically aligned OSH management is scarcely applied in enterprises. One major reason for this might be the lack of generally accepted and...

Purpose This study aims to investigate which configurations of organizational-level and group-level management controls support an identity fit for management accountants in the management accounting profession. It aims to complement recent qualitative management accounting research. This stream...