Managing the tensions in integrating global organisations: The role of performance management systems

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-125

  Busco, Cristiano ^a   Giovannoni, Elena ^a   Scapens, Robert W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Centralization and decentralization; Convergence and differentiation; Global organisations; Integration; Performance management systems; Vertical and lateral relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649104759     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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