{"title":"Developing Accurate Costing Systems","authors":"C. Chapman, Anja Kern","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1909979","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1909979","url":null,"abstract":"Developing accurate cost systems is not only a technical, but also an organizational challenge, as it requires taking into account the knowledge of non-accountants. However we know very little about this process of how cost systems are made more accurate in practice. This study, reporting the results from a field study undertaken in a UK Hospital, makes two main contributions: Firstly, we suggest that reducing the total error through trade-off or off-setting effects misses an essential point, even if it may reduce the total error. Errors are not only sources to improve accurateness of costs but also play a positive role in the management of efficiency. Secondly, we find that there is a recursive process of making cost systems more accurate. We identify that this process is on-going without necessarily converging on an optimal end-state of error level. This understanding has significant implications for designers and users of costing systems.","PeriodicalId":381420,"journal":{"name":"AAA 2012 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting (Archive)","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122818367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Examining Innovation Capabilities from Internal and External Perspectives","authors":"Cheng-Jen Huang","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1909795","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1909795","url":null,"abstract":"While the impact of innovation on the factors that contribute to performance and value is thus acknowledged, the accumulation of innovation and the relation between innovation and firm performance is more complex than what is often believed. Two divergent perspectives on the sources of innovation can be distinguished. From internal and external perspectives, this study examines how internal ownership structure and external cooperation play a potentially important role in stimulating innovation activities. Using the Taiwanese electronics firms for the period 2001-2008, the research results document that institutional ownership (including domestic institution ownership and foreign institution ownership) are significantly associated with external cooperation and innovation performance (including innovation output quantity and innovation output quality). Moreover, the analysis provides support for the argument that the relationship between institutional ownership and innovation performance is mediated by external cooperation.","PeriodicalId":381420,"journal":{"name":"AAA 2012 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting (Archive)","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117204116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}