Strategic Priorities, Company Performance and Attitudes Towards Management Accounting Techniques: an Empirical Study

Bo-Göran Ekholm () and Jan Wallin ()
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Bo-Göran Ekholm: Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Postal: Arkadiankatu 22, P.O.B. 479; FIN 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Jan Wallin: Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Postal: Handelsesplanaden 2, P.O.B. 287; FIN 65101 Vasa, Finland

No 507, Working Papers from Hanken School of Economics

Abstract: The study investigates whether there is an association between different combinations of emphasis on generic strategies (product differentiation and cost efficiency) and perceived usefulness of management accounting techniques. Previous research has found that cost leadership is associated with traditional accounting techniques and product differentiation with a variety of modern management accounting approaches. The present study focuses on the possible existence of a strategy that mixes these generic strategies. The empirical results suggest that (a) there is no difference in the attitudes towards the usefulness of traditional management accounting techniques between companies that adhere either to a single strategy or a mixed strategy; (b) there is no difference in the attitudes towards modern and traditional techniques between companies that adhere to a single strategy, whether this is product differentiation or cost efficiency, and c) companies that favour a mixed strategy seem to have a more positive attitude towards modern techniques than companies adhering to a single strategy.

Keywords: Strategy; management accounting; modern techniques; traditional techniques (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2004-10-07
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