Utilizing the broader agency perspective for studying headquarters–subsidiary relations in multinational companies

AK Hoenen, T Kostova - Journal of International Business Studies, 2015 - Springer
The nature of global business today increases the complexity of multinational companies
and highlights the challenges of managing headquarters–subsidiary (HQ–Sub) …

An examination of differences in ethical decision-making between Canadian business students and accounting professionals

JR Cohen, LW Pant, DJ Sharp - Journal of Business Ethics, 2001 - Springer
This study investigates the differences in individuals' ethical decision making between
Canadian university business students and accounting professionals. We examine the …

Informal institutions in accounting research: A structured literature review

S Leventis, I Tsalavoutas, F Tsoligkas - Journal of International Accounting …, 2024 - Elsevier
We adopt a structured literature review methodology to review the literature on the impact of
informal institutions on accounting outcomes. We address three key questions: How is …

Culture and cost stickiness: A cross-country study

K Kitching, R Mashruwala, M Pevzner - The International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, we examine the effect of national culture on managerial decision-making
through the lens of cost stickiness. Recent studies document that managerial discretion in …

Institutional context and auditors' moral reasoning: A Canada-US comparison

L Thorne, DW Massey, M Magnan - Journal of Business Ethics, 2003 - Springer
This paper compares the moral reasoning of 363 auditors from Canada and the United
States. We investigate whether national institutional context is associated with differences in …

Escalation of commitment in troubled IT projects: Influence of project risk factors and self-efficacy on the perception of risk and the commitment to a failing project

A Jani - International Journal of Project Management, 2011 - Elsevier
Past studies have indicated that project managers may be less likely to continue failing IT
projects if they are able to perceive project risks accurately. Using the scenario of a failing IT …

The effects of perceived fairness on opportunistic behavior

JR Cohen, L Holder‐Webb, DJ Sharp… - Contemporary …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Agency theory predicts that when managers possess both private information and potential
for personal gain they will act in their own self-interest at the expense of the firm's owners …

[HTML][HTML] Subsidiary managers' initiative pursuit: A behavioral agency model

TC Ambos, T Niemand, S Kraus - Journal of International Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Subsidiary managers' decisions to pursue initiatives for innovative product introductions in
their host markets provide opportunities for rent creation, but also bear risks for the …

Institutional distance and the quality of the headquarters–subsidiary relationship: The moderating role of the institutionalization of headquarters' practices in …

J Li, F Jiang, J Shen - International Business Review, 2016 - Elsevier
Through the lens of the institutional theory, we developed and empirically tested a
contingency theoretical framework that examines the effects of formal and informal …

Journal of Management Accounting Research: Content and citation analysis of the first 20 years

TM Lindquist, G Smith - Journal of Management Accounting …, 2009 - publications.aaahq.org
This article provides a content and citation analysis of 186 articles published in the Journal
of Management Accounting Research (JMAR) between 1989 and 2008. We first examine …