Management accounting control systems' impact on joint venture performance: the positive role of managers' experience
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18-09-2018
Marcela Porporato
Abstract
This study explores the impact of management planning and control systems' use on 50/50 joint venture's performance operating in the auto industry. It explores the effect of the use of these systems by organizations ope¬rating in turbulent environments through an analysis of the impact that managers' experience has on the intensity and purpose of use of management planning and control systems. The study of this topic emerges as the results of previous exploratory field studies of JVs (Groot and Merchant 2000) and of JVs in the auto industry (Porporato 2013) where it is suggested that management planning and control systems' do not have a central effect on JV performance. A survey of 35 international JVs with shared ownership (50/50) shows that organizational performance improves when the uncertainty of factors perceived as controllable by managers is reduced; a factor is perceived as controllable when the manager has a high level of past experience with it. Uncertainty as it is defined by Galbraith (1973) is reduced through an intensive use of management planning and control systems, which in turn positively affects organizational performance.
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Porporato, M. (2018). Management accounting control systems’ impact on joint venture performance: the positive role of managers’ experience. Cuadernos De Gestión, 16(2), 119–146. https://doi.org/10.5295/cdg.140491mp
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Management accounting, management planning and control systems, international joint ventures, organizational performance
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Chenhall, R., 2007. Contingency Theory. Capítulo 6 en Chapman, Hopwood y Shields, 2007. Handbook of Management Accounting Research, Volume 1. Oxford, U.K. : Elsevier.
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Contractor, F. y Lorange, P., 2002. The Growth of Alliances in the Knowledge-based Economy. International Business Review, 11 (4) August, 485-502.
Cronbach, L.J., 1951. Coefficient Alpha and the Internal Structure of Tests. Psychometrika, 16 (3), 297-334.
Davila, A. y Foster, G., 2005. Management Accounting Systems Adoption Decisions: Evidence and Performance Implications from Early-stage/startup Companies. The Accounting Review, 80 (4), 1039-1068.
Davila, A., 2000. An empirical study on the drivers of management control systems’ design in new product development. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 25 (4/5), 383-409.
Dekker, H., 2004. Control of inter-organizational relationships: evidence on appropriation concerns and coordination requirements. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 29 (1), 27-50.
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Dyer, J., y Nobeoka, K., 2000. Creating and Managing a High Performance-Sharing Network: The Toyota Case. Strategic Management Journal, 21, 345-367.
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Geringer, M., 1990. Strategic Determinants of Partner Selection Criteria in International Joint Ventures. Journal of International Business Studies, 22 (1) First quarter, 41–62.
Geringer, M. y Hebert, L., 1989. Control and Performance of International Joint Ventures. Journal of International Business Studies, 20 (2) Summer, 235-254.
Gomes-Caseres, B., 1987. Joint Ventures Instability: Is It a Problem? Columbia Journal of World Business, 22, 97-101.
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Govindarajan, V., 1988. A Contingency Approach to Strategy Implementation at the Business-unit Level: Integrating Administrative Mechanisms with Strategy. Academy of Management Journal, 31 (4), 828-853.
Groot, T. y Merchant, K., 2000. Control of International Joint Ventures. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 25 (6), 579-607.
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Ittner C. y Larcker, D., 2001. Assessing Empirical Research in Managerial Accounting: a Value Based Management Perspective. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 32 (1-3), 349-410.
Kattan, F., Pike, R., y Tayles, M., 2007. Reliance of management accounting under environmental uncertainty: the case of Palestine. Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change, 3 (3), 227-249.
Khandwalla, P., 1972. The Effect of Different Types of Competition on the Use of Management Controls. Journal of Accounting Research, 10 (2), 275-285.
Killing, J., 1983. Strategies for Joint Venture Success. New York: Praeger.
Kogut, B., 1988. Joint Ventures: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives. Strategic Management Journal, 9 (4), 319-332.
Lecraw, D., 1983. Performance of Transnational Corporations in LDCs. Journal of International Business Studies, 14 (1), 15–34.
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Lee, J., Chen, W. y Kao, C., 2003. Determinants and Performance Impact of Asymmetric Governance Structures in International Joint Ventures: an Empirical Investigation. Journal of Business Research, 56 (10) October, 815-828.
McGrath, M., 1995. Product Strategy for High-Technology Companies. New York: Irwin.
Merchant, K., 1981. The Design of the Corporate Budgeting System: Influences on Managerial Performance and Behavior. The Accounting Review, October, 813-829.
Mjoen, H. y Tallman, S., 1997. Control and Performance in International Joint Ventures. Organization Science, 8 (3), 257–274.
Moskalev, S. y Swensen, R., 2007. Joint ventures around the globe from 1990-2000: Forms, types, industries, countries and ownership patterns. Review of Financial Economics. 16 (1), 29-67.
Nohria, N. y Garcia-Pont, C., 1991. Global Strategic Alliances and Industry Structure. Strategic Management Journal, Summer Special Issue, 12, 105-124.
Pangarkar, N. y Klein, S., 2004. The Impact of Control on International Joint Venture Performance: A Contingent Approach. Journal of International Marketing, 12 (3), 86-107.
Porporato, M., 2013. Exito Empresarial en Entornos Turbulentos: el rol de la contabilidad de gestión. Revista Iberoamericana de Contabilidad de Gestion, 22, July-December.
Porporato, M. y Garcia, N., 2011. Sistemas de Control de Gestión: Un Estudio Exploratorio de su Efecto sobre el Desempeño Organizacional. Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración, 47, 61-77.
Ramaswamy, K., Gomes, L. y Veliyath, R., 1998. The Performance Correlates of Ownership Control: a Study of U.S. and European MNE Joint Ventures in India. International Business Review, 7 (4), 423-441.
Segil, L., 1999. Alliances for the 21st Century. Executive Excellence, 16 (10) October, 19.
Segil, L., 2004. Partnering: Metrics Matter. Financial Executive, December, 30-35.
Shenhar, A. y Dvir, D., 1995. Toward a Typological Theory of Project Management. Working Paper, University of Minnesota and Tel Aviv University.
Sherman, S., 1992. Are Strategic Alliances Working? Fortune, September 21st, 77-78.
Simons, R., 1990. The Role of Management Control Systems in Creating Competitive Advantage: New Perspectives. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 15 (1/2), 127-143.
Thompson, J., 1967. Organizations in Action. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Von Hippel, E., 1998. The Sources of Innovation. New York: Oxford Press University.
Wang, P., Wee, C. y Koh, P., 1998. Control Mechanisms, Key Personnel Appointment, Control and Performance of Sino-Singaporean Joint Ventures. International Business Review, 7 (4) August, 351-375.
Waterhouse, J. y Tiessen, P., 1978. A Contingency Framework for Management Accounting Systems Research. Accounting, Organizations & Society, 3 (1), 65-76.
Whitley, R., 1999. Firms, institutions and management control: the comparative analysis of coordination and control systems. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 24 (5/6) July-August, 507-521.
Williamson, O., 1985. The Economic Institutions of Capitalism. New York: Free Press.
Yan, A. y Gray, B., 2001. Negotiating Control and Achieving Performance in International Joint Ventures: A Conceptual Model. Journal of International Management, 7 (4) Winter, 295-315.
Zhang, Y. y Li, H., 2001. The Control Design and Performance in International Joint Ventures: a Dynamic Evolution Perspective. International Business Review, 10 (3) June, 341-362.
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