Summary of contingency-based SMA literature*
| 'Study | Predictors | Intervenors | Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panel A: Congruency studies – SMA as outcome variable | |||
| Cinquini and Tenucci (2010) | Business strategy, size | SMA usage | |
| Pavlatos (2015) | Perceived environmental uncertainty, structure, quality of information system, organizational life cycle stage, historical performance | SMA usage | |
| Pavlatos and Kostakis (2018) | Historical performance, CEO characteristics | SMA usage | |
| Hadid and Al-Sayed (2021) | Management accounting networking, information system quality, innovation culture, outcome culture | SMA usage | |
| Rashid et al. (2023) | Environmental uncertainty, competition intensity | SMA usage | |
| Baird et al. (2024) | Organizational learning capability, employee empowerment of SMA practices, employee creativity | SMA usage | |
| Panel B: Contingency studies – SMA as mediator | |||
| Cadez and Guilding (2008) | Business strategy, strategy deliberation, market orientation, size | Participation in strategic decision-making, SMA usage | Performance |
| Namazi and Rezaei (2024) | Strategic planning | SMA, budget motivation, org. commitment | Budgetary slack |
| Nuhu et al. (2025) | Structure, resources, information, organizational climate | SMA usage | Performance |
| Panel C: Contingency studies – SMA as moderator | |||
| Oyewo (2022) | Structure, IT quality, business strategy, market orientation, competition intensity, PEU, size | SMA usage | Comp. advantage |
| Su et al. (2023) | Structure, resources, information, climate | SMA usage | Comp. advantage |
| Panel D: Configurational studies | |||
| Cadez and Guilding (2012) | Business strategy, strategy deliberation, market orientation, participation in strategic decision-making, SMA usage | Performance | |
| 'Study | Predictors | Intervenors | Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business strategy, size | |||
| Perceived environmental uncertainty, structure, quality of information system, organizational life cycle stage, historical performance | |||
| Historical performance, | |||
| Management accounting networking, information system quality, innovation culture, outcome culture | |||
| Environmental uncertainty, competition intensity | |||
| Organizational learning capability, employee empowerment of | |||
| Business strategy, strategy deliberation, market orientation, size | Participation in strategic decision-making, | Performance | |
| Strategic planning | SMA, budget motivation, org. commitment | Budgetary slack | |
| Structure, resources, information, organizational climate | Performance | ||
| Structure, | Comp. advantage | ||
| Structure, resources, information, climate | Comp. advantage | ||
| Business strategy, strategy deliberation, market orientation, participation in strategic decision-making, | Performance | ||
*We outline only studies that include multiple SMA techniques and go beyond testing bivariate association
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