Opening the black box of management accounting information exchanges in buyer–supplier relationships

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariela Caglio ◽  
Angelo Ditillo
Keyword(s):  
Management Accounting ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Black Box ◽  
Supplier Relationships

scholarly journals The Interfirm Contracting Value of Management Accounting Information

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-74
Author(s):  
Henri C. Dekker ◽  
Takaharu Kawai ◽  
Junya Sakaguchi
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Management Accounting ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Contract Design ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Supplier Relationships ◽  
Comprehensive Management

ABSTRACT We examine how firms' management accounting information influences interfirm contract design. We theorize that comprehensive accounting information enables firms to design more complete contracts with suppliers, as indicated by increased issue inclusiveness and clause specificity. Survey data of Japanese manufacturing firms about the management of supplier relationships support the expectation that comprehensive management accounting information enables the development of more inclusive and specific contracts with suppliers. These contracts are also less subject to additional informal agreements between exchange partners. These results are consistent with the idea that better accounting information enables more complete contracting.

scholarly journals Management Accounting Information in Vietnamese Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 130
Author(s):  
Thi Tu Oanh Le ◽  
Thi Ngoc Bui ◽  
Manh Dung Tran
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Management Accounting ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Free Trade Agreements ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Management Accountants ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Planning Decision

The small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam play an increasingly important role in the economy by the amount (representing 97.7% of Vietnam firms), contribute economic development and create more employment opportunities. However, because of economic crisis, financial downturn, unhealthy competitions, free trade agreements and others, the number of SMEs recently is downsizing in firm size, human resources and more and more SMEs go bankruptcy in the context of Vietnam. This situation may be due to the enterprise use ineffective management accounting tools.This article reviews and assesses the creation and use of management accounting information which has an important part to play with respect to planning, decision-making, monitoring and controlling of the activities of SMEs in Vietnam. Data collected from a posted survey of five enterprises with twenty two interviews of directors, chief accountants and management accountants. The results show that management accounting information has not really been interested from managers and accountants. Management accounting information is weak in quantity and poor in quality; administrators are operating firms primarily based on personal experiences. Therefore, management accounting information has not been promoted in the management, monitoring and decision making of SMEs in Vietnam. The addition of management accounting knowledge for managers and accountants is necessary for development of SMEs.

Accounting without accounting

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 426-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fábio Frezatti ◽  
David B. Carter ◽  
Marcelo F.G. Barroso
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Management Accounting ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Accounting Information System ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Perspective

Purpose – An effective management accounting information system (MAIS), as well as the accounting discourse related to it, can support, facilitate, enable, and constrain diverse business discourses. This paper aims to examine the discursive and organisational effects of an organisation accounting upon absent accounting artefacts, i.e. accounting without accounting. Situated within the discursive literature, this paper examines the construction of competing articulations of the organisation by focusing on what accounting does or does not do within an organisation. In particular, the paper acknowledges the fundamental importance of the accounting discourse in supporting, facilitating, enabling, and constraining competing organisational discourses, as it illustrates how the absence of accounting centralises power within the organisation. Design/methodology/approach – From a rhetorical, discursive perspective, the authors develop an in-depth qualitative case study in a manufacturing organisation where MAIS has been abandoned for approximately two years. Interpretive research approaches, from a post-structural perspective, provided the base for the structure of the research. The authors studied how other organisational discourses (such as entrepreneurship and growth), which are traditionally constructed with reference to accounting and other artefacts, continued to be produced and sustained. The non-use and non-availability of management accounting information created a vacuum that needed to be filled. The lack of discursive counterpoints and counter-evidence provided by MAIS created a vacuum of information, allowing powerful, proxy discourses to prevail in the organisation, increasing risks to business management. Findings – The absence of MAIS to support an accounting discourse requires that contingent discourses “fill in the discursive gap”. Despite appearances, they are no substitute for the accounting discourse. Thus, over time, the entrepreneurial, growth and partners' discourses lose credibility, without the corresponding use of management accounting information and its associated discourse. Originality/value – There are at least two main contributions from the case study and the findings presented in this paper: first, they provide a new perspective for studying MAIS, as a specific organisational discourse among other discourses that shape people relationship within the organisation as an examination of accounting without accounting. Second, this discussion reinforces the relevance of accounting discourse for other organisational discourses, supporting, facilitating, enabling, and constraining them, by demonstrating the effects of its absence.

Outsourcing relationship management: accounting in the decision mix

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 41-49
Author(s):  
Mirghani Nimir Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Management Accounting ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Monitoring Cost ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The paper aims to examine the role of management accounting and accounting information in decisions to outsource and manage outsourcing relationships. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses a case study method. Data are collected through semi-structured interviews and informal discussions with executives of the participating companies. Official documents and secondary materials were analysed. Findings The findings of these cases present evidence of some roles given to accounting information and varying tasks assumed by accountants and finance staff in the outsourcing projects undertaken. These roles and tasks range from financial evaluation of new outsourcing proposals and alternatives, consultation and price negotiations in the planning and feasibility stages to the management of outsourcing relationships including monitoring, cost analysis, performance measurement, internal audit, design and implementation of risk-reward payment schemes. Managing the outsourced functions in one case involved in the use of informal control mechanisms such as trust, knowledge sharing, mutual understanding and cooperation between partners. Practical implications The paper highlights the role of management accounting and information in outsourcing relationship management and evaluation. The case findings provide the opportunity for management practitioners to understand the strategic role of management accountants in the management of inter-firm relationships. Originality/value The case study presents new empirical evidence of the role of management accounting and accounting information in the management control of outsourcing relationships.

scholarly journals PENGARUH AKUNTANSI MANAJEMEN, KUALITAS INFORMASI, EFISIENSI BIAYA DAN KETEPATAN WAKTU TERHADAP KINERJA KEUANGAN PT.SURYA SUKSES

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 020
Author(s):  
Elok Kurniawati
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Management Accounting ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Maximum Activity ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Activity Based Costing ◽  
Data Types

In economic unstable conditions, the company is required to take advantage of existing capabilities as much as possible in order to maximum and tough competition,the company should have good management and identify the problems and selecting and implies a process manager, to improve performance to the maximum. Activity-based management includes two dimensions of the costs of providing cost information about resource activity products, customers, suppliers and distribution channels. Activity-based costing is useful to improve accuracy of charges. Dimension process of providing information about what to do why it should be carried out how an activity should be implemented in order to reduce costs. This research aims to demonstrate the effect of the use of accounting information management is focused on the frequency of publication of regular reports, the frequency of the publication of the report update and quality management accounting information as well as the personality of the manager of financial performance on PT.Surya Success. The population used in this study is the manager PT.Surya Success. This data used is secondary data types. This study is based on a quantitative approach to the techniques of multiple linear regression analysis with SPSS. According to the research done can be seen that the quality of information didn’t significantly affect financial performance, Management Accounting, Cost Efficiency, Timeliness real impact on financial performance.

scholarly journals An Analysis of the Effects on Application of Management Accounting Information Systems and Quality Management Accounting Information

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 80-92
Author(s):  
Widia Astuty
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Management Accounting ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Accounting Information System ◽  
Accounting Information Systems

The study aims to prove empirically; (i) the influence of the business environment for the application of management accounting information systems; (ii) the influence of ethics on the application of management accounting information systems; (iii) the influence of organizational culture on the implementation of management accounting information systems; and (iv) the effect of the application of management accounting information system on the quality of management accounting information. The motivation of this study due to a phenomenon of having an integration on management accounting information system whereby the information generated is not qualified, as well as the uncertainty of business environment, ethics and organizational culture which are yet to have optimal conditions. The method used is explanatory research with a survey approach, using a statistical tool of SEM Partial Linear Regression, with the aim to obtain facts concerning the occurance of phenomena, seek actual and systematic information on the application of management accounting information systems, and the quality of accounting information management. The results showed that all variable of the business environment, ethics, organizational culture affect the application of accounting information management system; and the application of management accounting information system affects the quality of information management accounting.

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