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  • Strategy, strategic management accounting and performance: a configurational analysis

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    Author(s)
    Cadez, Simon
    Guilding, Christopher
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    Guilding, Christopher J.
    Year published
    2012
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    Abstract
    Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of different configurational archetypes of strategy and strategic management accounting and to appraise how management accounting's horizontal and vertical alignment with strategy can facilitate performance. Design/methodology/approach The study deploys a holistic configurational approach to examine the relationship between strategy, strategic management accounting, and performance. Configurations are derived empirically using an inductive approach from a sample of 109 manufacturing companies. Findings The observed configurations (i.e. 'analytics', ...
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    Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of different configurational archetypes of strategy and strategic management accounting and to appraise how management accounting's horizontal and vertical alignment with strategy can facilitate performance. Design/methodology/approach The study deploys a holistic configurational approach to examine the relationship between strategy, strategic management accounting, and performance. Configurations are derived empirically using an inductive approach from a sample of 109 manufacturing companies. Findings The observed configurations (i.e. 'analytics', 'blue-chips', 'first movers', 'domestic protectors', 'laggards and socialism relics') constitute varying levels of performance and varying degrees of fit. Support is provided for the equifinality proposition that different strategic and structural alternatives are associated with similar performance levels. Equivocal support is provided for the configurational proposition that internally consistent configurations are associated with higher performance. Research limitations/implications The variables examined do not fully capture the complexity of pertinent configurations. Limitations revolve around application of the cluster analytical technique and its reliance on researcher judgement. Practical implications The study's most important message concerns the manner in which it highlights the fallibility of assuming a singular relationship between strategic choices and management accounting system design. While prior research has tended to offer fragmented and unidirectional management accounting prescriptions, we raise the notion of how key variables can interact to create an effective organization. Originality/value The study breaks new ground by showing that multiple designs of strategy and strategic management accounting may be equally effective in a particular context. This finding challenges much traditional contingency based modelling in management accounting.
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    Journal Title
    Industrial Management & Data Systems
    Volume
    112
    Issue
    3
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1108/02635571211210086
    Copyright Statement
    © 2012 Emerald. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Management Accounting
    Computer Software
    Information Systems
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/50571
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