Search for dissertations about: "management accounting"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 166 swedish dissertations containing the words management accounting.
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6. Intricate Involuted Intertwinings : On Accounting, Technology, and Materiality
Abstract : The Information Age was supposed to be different. It was supposed to transform every aspect of our lives, and accounting was going to be no exception. READ MORE
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7. Constituting performance : Case studies of performance auditing and performance reporting
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to problematize how and under what conditions organizational performance is constituted in the practices of performance auditing and accounting. Organizational performance disclosure is a world-wide phenomenon for enabling accountability relationships in large organizations regardless of the societal sector they operate in. READ MORE
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8. From Cost Accounting to Customer Accounting in the HospitalityIndustry : a Constructive Approach
Abstract : The objective of this research project is to analyse and identify the role of tools used in the restaurant industry to improve resource management efficiency and performance, to develop and test the Experience Accounting tool, and to test and evaluate if this particular system is the system that could fill a gap in the hospitality industry.The research is based on the notion that the hospitality business is part of the experience industry and is producing experiences rather than a plate of food and a bed to sleep in. READ MORE
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9. Mapping management accounting and trust : an extended literature review
Abstract : More than three decades ago the notion of trust was introduced into the management accounting (MA) literature, and a growing stream of empirical papers elaborating on the relation between MA controls and trust signals the importance andvitality of this research area. However, a closer look at the literature shows that while major insights have been made, there is also considerable confusion around both research models and the meanings of key concepts. READ MORE
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10. Understanding management accounting when "institutions matter" : a multimethod approach
Abstract : This thesis departs from a need to map extant research on management accounting (MA) drawing on institutional theorizing, due to unnecessary confusion and unclarity within. Four ‘areas of confusion’ are reviewed, i.e. MA as a concept, modelling of workings of and reasons for agency, MA’s role in social accounts and sources of (i. READ MORE