The Contribution of Management Control Systems to Environmental Capabilities

Elisabeth Albertini ()
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Elisabeth Albertini: IAE Paris - Sorbonne Business School

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Abstract: A growing number of companies are implementing proactive environmental strategies with the objective of gaining competitive advantage through an enhanced reputation, the reduction of production costs and a first-mover advantage in the green product market. Yet according to the natural-resource-based view, the development and maintenance of unique and valuable environmental capabilities are the central elements allowing companies to gain financial benefit from their proactive environmental strategy. In this context, management control systems can contribute to the development of environmental capabilities by focusing attention on strategic priorities and stimulating dialogue. Through a single case study, and building on Simons' (1995) four levers of control, we propose a conceptual framework of management control levers that show how companies can enhance (1) stakeholder integration capability through the joint use of belief, boundary and diagnostic control systems; (2) shared vision capability through the joint use of the belief and boundary systems; (3) organizational learning capability through the use of interactive control systems and to a lesser extent diagnostic control systems; and (4) continuous innovation capability through the use of interactive control systems, belief systems and to a lesser extent diagnostic control systems.

Keywords: management control systems; proactive environmental strategy; natural-resource-based view (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Published in Journal of Business Ethics, 2019, ⟨10.1007/s10551-018-3810-9⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/s10551-018-3810-9

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