... provide valuable insights into variables and processes that are unique to particular contexts. Research into investment decision‐making has been approached most notably from the disciplinary perspectives of finance, management accounting and strategic management. The traditional finance paradigm...

...Fadi Alkaraan; Deryl Northcott Purpose This paper seeks to explore how aspects of pre‐decision control mechanisms impact managerial decision‐making behaviour with regard to strategic investment projects. Design/methodology/approach This study adopted a mixed‐method research approach. Research...

... driven, others believed that qualtiy and image were the underlying reasons. Nevertheless, the accounting system did drive, in part, the decision to investigate the possibility of contracting out security. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Management accounting Decision making Public...