Exploring the relationships between strategy, innovation, and management control systems: The roles of social networking, organic innovative culture, and formal controls

Journal of Management Accounting Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-128

  Chenhall, Robert H ^a   Kallunki, Juha Pekka ^b   Silvola, Hanna ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Formal management control systems; Innovation; Organic innovative culture; Product differentiation; Social networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856327959     PISSN: 10492127     EISSN: 15588033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/jmar-10069     Document Type: Article

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