Performance Measurement and Management Control: Global Issues

Davila (U of Navarra, Spain), Epstein (Rice U., US), and Manzoni (INSEAD Global Leadership Centre, Singapore) present 17 papers from a September 2011 conference on Performance Measurement and Management Control held in Nice, France; selected so as to provide a representative sample of the topics, research methods, and geographic diversity of the field. Following introductory discussions of the role of performance measurement and management control in corporate governance, the papers are organized into sections covering performance measurements in traditional fields, such as manufacturing, as well as emerging fields, such as sustainability and public sector management; performance measurement in interorganizational settings; the structure of risk management around the world; management control systems as motivational tools; and new trends in governance, public sector, and nonprofit organizations. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)