Research and development alliances and accounting
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R&D accounting in the UK has not received wide attention because it does not involve any fiscal incentive and disclosure of R&D spending was not required until 1989. A look at the accounting methods used in R&D alliances shows that large amounts may be involved and that extensive organizational and strategic implications may emerge from accounting. Accounting is complicated because management, technical, financial and legal complexities may arise. More research on R&D accounting is needed to address the scarcity of papers on this subject.
Publication Name: R & D Management
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0033-6807
Year: 1996
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Technology investment and management accounting practice
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Recent research has looked at the impact of management accounting practices on decisions about investment in new technology. It was found that many sensitive issues are involved in such decisions. Within this context, a company's management accounting system has only a limited role to play in the decision-making process. It is now time to look at ways of promoting the design of management accounting systems which are directly relevant to the information required for new technology investment decisions.
Publication Name: British Journal of Management
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 1045-3172
Year: 1995
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Connection/disconnection: theory and practice in organization control
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Management theory has assumed connections either through shared meanings and interrelationships or through variables. It is suggested that literature on organizational control could benefit by focusing on 'disconnections', which appear to be central to the understanding of everyday organizational control, rather than 'connections', upon which current organizational researchers depend. The restructuring of control narratives could lead to more understanding of the practicalities of organization control.
Publication Name: British Journal of Management
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 1045-3172
Year: 1997
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