Business strategy, strategic role of accountant, strategic management accounting and their links to firm performance: an exploratory study of manufacturing companies in Malaysia / Tan Ah Lay and Ruzita Jusoh

Despite that there is no agreed theoretical framework for strategic management accounting (SMA), the academics generally agree that SMA is external long-term focused, assists managers in the strategic decision-making process. This exploratory study investigates the mediating effect of SMA on the rel...

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Main Authors: Tan, Ah Lay, Jusoh, Ruzita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Accounting Research Institute (ARI) 2012
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/10813/
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description Despite that there is no agreed theoretical framework for strategic management accounting (SMA), the academics generally agree that SMA is external long-term focused, assists managers in the strategic decision-making process. This exploratory study investigates the mediating effect of SMA on the relationship between Porter’s (1980) competitive strategy and firm performance. The contingency model incorporates the two dimensions of SMA, i.e. the usage of SMA techniques and the changing role of accountants in the strategic decision-making process. The results of partial least squares appear to support SMA usage mediates partially the relationship between product differentiation strategy and firm performance. There is also a positive relationship between business strategy and strategic role of accountant. However, it is unable to find support on the positive association between strategic role of accountant and firm performance.
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spelling uitm-108132022-07-05T03:18:53Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/10813/ Business strategy, strategic role of accountant, strategic management accounting and their links to firm performance: an exploratory study of manufacturing companies in Malaysia / Tan Ah Lay and Ruzita Jusoh apmaj Tan, Ah Lay Jusoh, Ruzita Planning. Business planning. Strategic planning Organizational effectiveness. Performance measurement Despite that there is no agreed theoretical framework for strategic management accounting (SMA), the academics generally agree that SMA is external long-term focused, assists managers in the strategic decision-making process. This exploratory study investigates the mediating effect of SMA on the relationship between Porter’s (1980) competitive strategy and firm performance. The contingency model incorporates the two dimensions of SMA, i.e. the usage of SMA techniques and the changing role of accountants in the strategic decision-making process. The results of partial least squares appear to support SMA usage mediates partially the relationship between product differentiation strategy and firm performance. There is also a positive relationship between business strategy and strategic role of accountant. However, it is unable to find support on the positive association between strategic role of accountant and firm performance. Accounting Research Institute (ARI) 2012-06 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/10813/1/10813.pdf Tan, Ah Lay and Jusoh, Ruzita (2012) Business strategy, strategic role of accountant, strategic management accounting and their links to firm performance: an exploratory study of manufacturing companies in Malaysia / Tan Ah Lay and Ruzita Jusoh. (2012) Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Journal <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Asia-Pacific_Management_Accounting_Journal.html>, 7 (1). pp. 59-94. ISSN 1675-3194 https://apmaj.uitm.edu.my/index.php/archive
spellingShingle Planning. Business planning. Strategic planning
Organizational effectiveness. Performance measurement
Tan, Ah Lay
Jusoh, Ruzita
Business strategy, strategic role of accountant, strategic management accounting and their links to firm performance: an exploratory study of manufacturing companies in Malaysia / Tan Ah Lay and Ruzita Jusoh
title Business strategy, strategic role of accountant, strategic management accounting and their links to firm performance: an exploratory study of manufacturing companies in Malaysia / Tan Ah Lay and Ruzita Jusoh
title_full Business strategy, strategic role of accountant, strategic management accounting and their links to firm performance: an exploratory study of manufacturing companies in Malaysia / Tan Ah Lay and Ruzita Jusoh
title_fullStr Business strategy, strategic role of accountant, strategic management accounting and their links to firm performance: an exploratory study of manufacturing companies in Malaysia / Tan Ah Lay and Ruzita Jusoh
title_full_unstemmed Business strategy, strategic role of accountant, strategic management accounting and their links to firm performance: an exploratory study of manufacturing companies in Malaysia / Tan Ah Lay and Ruzita Jusoh
title_short Business strategy, strategic role of accountant, strategic management accounting and their links to firm performance: an exploratory study of manufacturing companies in Malaysia / Tan Ah Lay and Ruzita Jusoh
title_sort business strategy, strategic role of accountant, strategic management accounting and their links to firm performance: an exploratory study of manufacturing companies in malaysia / tan ah lay and ruzita jusoh
topic Planning. Business planning. Strategic planning
Organizational effectiveness. Performance measurement
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/10813/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/10813/