The main objective of this article is to describe and explain the utilization of Strategic Management Accounting Techniques (SMATs) in Iranian various firms. For this, a survey was carried out using questionnaires provided for the seventy-five Chief Executive Officers in productive and services firms. Data gathered from respondents about the usage rate of SMATs based on the five-point Likert sc...

globalization of economy and changes  in the world markets in decade of 1990 enhanced the role of management accounting in strategic management process. with the aid of management accounting concepts and techniques, the competitive edge of the manufacturing firms was improved to a large extent. in this article, the major functions and responsibilities of management accounting is described, rela...

New management techniques such as ‘just-in-time’, ‘lean manufacturing’ and ‘Six Sigma’ allow management accountants to shift their focus from the management and control of production processes to the management of strategic issues. This paradigm shift resulted from shorter product life cycles, due to technological advances and a more competitive business environment. Recent revisions to the Int...

Purpose: This study was conducted to find empirical evidence of a causal relationship between Strategy Type, Market Orientation, Organizational Size, and Strategic Costing SMA Technique Village Owned Enterprises in Indonesia. Theoretical framework: Information on management accounting strategies has positive impact company performance. BUMDes is one the public agencies that must account toward ...

The object of the paper is to study relationship between management accounting, strategic accounting and cost management. Aim define each them based on a systematic literature review different literatures in emphasize relation them. attempts offer definitions Strategic authors throw years also reveal that exists Management Accounting other disciplines. enduring value contextual view its content...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of the interactive and diagnostic use of management control systems on the adoption and success of contemporary management accounting practices in the public sector. Contemporary management accounting practices includes: benchmarking, activity-based costing, the balanced scorecard, value chain analysis, total quality management, key perform...

Challenging the dominant economic agency theory of corporate governance with a new discourse drawn from institutional theory, the paper analyses how management accounting is implicated in corporate governance. The proposed institutional theory of agency links the micro-institutions of the organization that are informed by the practices of management accounting with external institutional player...