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Entrepreneurial control and the construction of a relevant accounting

Paul M Collier
- 01 Sep 2005 - 
- Vol. 16, Iss: 3, pp 321-339
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Ferreira and Otley as discussed by the authors described a 10-year longitudinal field study of TNA, an owner-controlled multinational packaging equipment supplier, revealing TNA's control system as the construction of a relevant accounting at the margins of traditional accounting using a sophisticated spreadsheet-based business model.
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This article is published in Management Accounting Research.The article was published on 2005-09-01. It has received 179 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Management control system & Systems theory.

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The design and use of performance management systems: An extended framework for analysis

TL;DR: Evidence suggests that the extended framework provides a useful research tool for those wishing to study the design and operation of performance management systems by providing a template to help describe the key aspects of such systems.
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Emerging themes in management control: a review of recent literature

TL;DR: Otley et al. as mentioned in this paper present a review of management control, focusing on the following emerging themes; decision making for strategic control; performance management for strategic controlling; control models for performance management and measurement; management control and new forms of organisation; control and risk; culture and control; and practice and theory.
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The contingency theory of management accounting and control: 1980–2014

TL;DR: It is suggested that the narrow view of contingency that relies on responses to generally applicable questionnaires needs to be replaced by a more tailored approach that takes into account the context of specific organizations.
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Accounting and Control, Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Venturing into New Research Opportunities

TL;DR: The relevance of accounting and control to entrepreneurship and innovation has become more salient over the last few years as mentioned in this paper, and a review of this emerging literature can be found in this paper.
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TL;DR: A revised framework of Simons’ Levers of Control is developed that explicitly separates managerial intentions for controls and employee perceptions of controls, and defines the framework’s concepts and explains how they interact.
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