Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management: Volume 16 Issue 3

Governing day-to-day interactions in the execution phase of an interfirm collaboration: The role of informal controls

Stefan Grunwald-Delitz, Erik Strauss, Juergen Weber

This paper aims to advance understanding of the role of informal controls for governing day-to-day interactions in the execution phase of interfirm collaborations. It explores the…

Bridging management control systems and innovation: The evolution of the research and possible research directions

Rúben Silva Barros, Ana Maria Dias Simões da Costa Ferreira

The purpose of this study is to present the evolution of thinking on the role of management control systems (MCSs) in innovation, according to the development of control…

Institutional ambidexterity and management control: The role of religious, communal and political institutions

Ahmed Abdelnaby Ahmed Diab, Abdelmoneim Bahyeldin Mohamed Metwally

The purpose of this study is to investigate in depth how an organisation is able to achieve its economic objectives in a situation of institutional complexity through being…

Telling a success story through the president’s letter

Adelaide Martins, Delfina Gomes, Lídia Oliveira, João Leite Ribeiro

This paper aims to explore the role of storytelling and impression management (IM) through the president’s letter in legitimizing the practices of an electricity company with…

The role of technocratic and socio-ideological controls in managing tensions when integrating international subsidiaries

Martin Carlsson-Wall, Peter Hirner, Kalle Kraus, Adrian von Lewinski

This paper aims to analyse how a multinational organisation uses technocratic and socio-ideological controls to manage tensions arising when integrating its international…