Controlling Collaboration between Firms
How to build and Maintain Successful Relationships with External Partners
- 1st Edition - November 11, 2008
- Authors: Angelo Ditillo, Ariela Caglio
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 5 0 6 - 8 1 3 1 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 4 1 5 0 - 9
Shows how accounting information and control mechanisms are used in decision-making, planning and control at an inter-organizational level and how accounting tools and techniques… Read more
Shows how accounting information and control mechanisms are used in decision-making, planning and control at an inter-organizational level and how accounting tools and techniques may support the development and management of external relationships with strategic partners.
In "global companies" the use of management control mechanisms has increasingly become decentralised from the management accounting department, this book covers these issues. In all functional areas (marketing, operations, human resources, etc.), those who are expected to be able to analyse and interpret accounting information collected from external partners, have to exercise cost control to ensure that profit targets are achieved and understand.
In "global companies" the use of management control mechanisms has increasingly become decentralised from the management accounting department, this book covers these issues. In all functional areas (marketing, operations, human resources, etc.), those who are expected to be able to analyse and interpret accounting information collected from external partners, have to exercise cost control to ensure that profit targets are achieved and understand.
• to understand the nature of collaborative partnerships and illustrate the variables that explain the choice of different control modes in the various contexts of cooperation;
• to describe the characteristics of management accounting mechanisms for cross-boundary settings, such as collaborative programmes and budgets, inter-firm performance measurement systems and inter-organisational cost management techniques;
• to describe empirical evidence on control choices, management accounting practices and on management accountants’ roles in collaborative relationships;
• to present a framework of control patterns and specific Accounting Information Network (AIN) configurations that provide some novel theoretical insights on inter-organisational accounting and control and some guidance to practitioners operating in inter-firm collaborative settings.
• to describe the characteristics of management accounting mechanisms for cross-boundary settings, such as collaborative programmes and budgets, inter-firm performance measurement systems and inter-organisational cost management techniques;
• to describe empirical evidence on control choices, management accounting practices and on management accountants’ roles in collaborative relationships;
• to present a framework of control patterns and specific Accounting Information Network (AIN) configurations that provide some novel theoretical insights on inter-organisational accounting and control and some guidance to practitioners operating in inter-firm collaborative settings.
The book has a practitioner-manager orientation. The main target is represented not only by managers working within the fashion industry but also by managers operating in firms characterized by critical relationships with external partners along the value chain. More specifically, buyers of this book would have the following job titles: CFO, CEO, COO, Controller, Management Accountant, Financial/Business Analyst, IS Manager, Management Consultant, Operations Managers/Directors.
The formation and management of inter-organizational agreements; Rationales for collaboration; Inter-organizational archetypes.
How companies exercise control over their partners without stifling collaboration; Levers for controlling inter-organizational relationships; The choice of what to control; Uses of formal vs. informal control mechanisms; Applying the levers of control to improve performance.
The functionalities of accounting and control mechanisms for inter-organizational settings; How accounting acts as a stabilising mechanism of inter-firm relationships; Using accounting information for performance measurement and control of partners; the Total Cost of Ownership to select suppliers effectively; Collaborative Value Chain Analysis to support process improvement initiatives; Open Book Accounting to build trust; Target Costing for inter-organizational cost management and price definition; The contextual variables relevant to design controls and information flows between collaborating firms.
How to build and maintain successful inter-organizational relationships in practice; Managerial processes in fashion companies; Forms and features of management control in fashion firms; The design of inter-organizational accounting information systems in fashion firms.
How companies exercise control over their partners without stifling collaboration; Levers for controlling inter-organizational relationships; The choice of what to control; Uses of formal vs. informal control mechanisms; Applying the levers of control to improve performance.
The functionalities of accounting and control mechanisms for inter-organizational settings; How accounting acts as a stabilising mechanism of inter-firm relationships; Using accounting information for performance measurement and control of partners; the Total Cost of Ownership to select suppliers effectively; Collaborative Value Chain Analysis to support process improvement initiatives; Open Book Accounting to build trust; Target Costing for inter-organizational cost management and price definition; The contextual variables relevant to design controls and information flows between collaborating firms.
How to build and maintain successful inter-organizational relationships in practice; Managerial processes in fashion companies; Forms and features of management control in fashion firms; The design of inter-organizational accounting information systems in fashion firms.
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 11, 2008
- Language: English
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Angelo Ditillo
Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Accounting, Finance and Control, Università Bocconi, Milan, ItalyAC
Ariela Caglio
Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Accounting, Finance and Control, Università Bocconi, Milan, ItalyRead Controlling Collaboration between Firms on ScienceDirect