Attributes of articles on SMA
| Author/year | Topic | Journal title | Article type | Setting | Theory | Research method | Key findings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadez and Guilding (2008) | Integrated contingency model of SMA | AOS | Empirical | Multiple industries | Contingency theory | Survey | Strategy type, company size and accountants’ participation in strategic decision-making positively influence SMA use. SMA usage has positive effect on firm performance |
| Tillmann and Goddard (2008) | SMA and sense-making in a multinational company | MAR | Empirical | One multinational company | Grounded theory | Case study | Management accountants undertake sense-making activities using several strategies and SMA to understand the process |
| Ratnatunga (2008) | Carbonomics and SMA issues | Journal of applied MAR | Conceptual | Grounded theory | Literature review | Information provided by SMA techniques (e.g. costs of carbon regularity compliance and passing on the increased cost of carbon regulation to consumers through higher prices) may assist in carbon management | |
| Ma and Tayles (2009) | Emergence of SMA: Institutional perspective | ABR | Empirical | One multinational company | Institutional theory | Case study | Several SMA techniques have been adopted by the company. Enhanced role of management accountants in strategic decision-making process was also evidenced |
| Cinquini and Tenucci (2010) | SMA and business strategy | JAOC | Empirical | Manufacturing | Contingency theory | Survey | The use of several customer and competitor-based SMA techniques in Italian manufacturing companies. Defender and cost-leader type strategy follower use costing-based SMA techniques |
| Hutaibat et al. (2011) | SMA in higher educational institute | JAOC | Empirical | Service | Grounded theory | Case study | Strategizing mindset, particularly bureaucratic and entrepreneurial mindset, encapsulates institutional and individual stance toward SMA |
| Tayles (2011) | General concepts of SMA | Review of MAR | Conceptual | SM | Literature review | Though the adoption rate of SMA techniques was low; the scores of perceived benefits and possibility of future adoption was promising | |
| Nixon and Burns (2012) | The paradox of SMA | MAR | Conceptual | SM | Literature review | The extant literature of SMA used the first era concept of SM and ignored the second era resource-based SM literature | |
| Cuganesan et al. (2012) | SMA, strategy practices in public sector | MAR | Empirical | Public sector | SM | Case study | MAC can positively contribute in strategizing beyond the typically ascribed functions of decision-facilitation and decision influencing |
| Cadez and Guilding (2012) | Strategy, SMA and performance | Industrial Management and Data Systems | Empirical | Manufacturing | Configurational theory | Survey | Various configurations results in varying level of fits and performance. Configurations that are internally consistent can lead to higher firm performance |
| Lachmann et al. (2013) | SMA practices in Hospitals | JAOC | Empirical | Hospital industry | SM | Survey | SMA techniques are used to a limited extent. Structural characteristics affect the use of SMA techniques |
| Carlsson-Wall et al. (2015) | SMA in close inter-organizational relationships | ABR | Empirical | Manufacturing | SM | Case study | SMA in close inter-organizational relationships has several characteristics parallel to accounting and strategizing literature with few differences. The use of SMA techniques provided various indirect benefits |
| Pavlatos (2015) | Contextual factors, SMA usage and historical performance in hotels | International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management | Empirical | Hotel industry | Contingency theory | Survey | Seven contingent factors affect SMA usage in hotels including PEU, structure, strategy and size. Lagging performance also affects SMA usage but moderated by PEU |
| Turner et al. (2017) | The role of SMA in hotel property performance | International journal of hospitality management (IJHM) | Empirical | Hotel industry | Contingency theory | Survey | Market orientation business strategy is the key determinant of hotel property SMA usage. The relationship between market orientation and firm performance is mediated by SMA usage and customer performance |
| Amanollah Nejad Kalkhouran et al. (2017) | CEO characteristics, SMA usage and firm performance | JAOC | Empirical | Service | Upper echelon and contingency theories | Survey | CEO education and network are positively associated with SMA usage. The positive effect of SMA usage on firm performance is mediated by CEO education and network |
| Lapsley and Rekers (2017) | The relevance of SMA to popular culture | MAR | Empirical | Service | SM | Case study | Strategy is a social process rather than a practice |
| Oboh and Ajibolade (2017) | SMA and decision-making | Future Business Journal | Empirical | Service | Contingency theories | Survey | Registered banks in Nigeria use SMA as a principle of operation. SMA usage has significant positive effect on strategic decision-making and firm’s market share |
| Arunruangsirilert and Chonglerttham (2017) | Corporate governance and SMA | Asian Review of Accounting | Empirical | Multiple industries | Agency theory, resource dependency theory and stewardship theory | Survey | Several corporate governance variables such as separation of CEO from chairman, proportion of independent director and frequency of audit committee meetings affect positively SMA usage and participation while board size has negative on SMA usage |
| Pavlatos and Kostakis (2018) | The effect of TMT characteristics and historical financial performance on SMA | JAOC | Empirical | Manufacturing | Upper echelon and Role theory | Survey | Companies with low past profitability makes heavy use of SMA techniques. TMT characteristics such as educational background, tenure, creativity influence the level of SMA usage |
| Alamri (2019) | SMA facets and organizational performance | Baltic Journal of Management | Empirical | Multiple industries | SM | Survey | SMA facets have significant effect on both financial and nonfinancial organizational performance |
| Author/year | Topic | Journal title | Article type | Setting | Theory | Research method | Key findings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrated contingency model of SMA | Empirical | Multiple industries | Contingency theory | Survey | Strategy type, company size and accountants’ participation in strategic decision-making positively influence SMA use. SMA usage has positive effect on firm performance | ||
| SMA and sense-making in a multinational company | Empirical | One multinational company | Grounded theory | Case study | Management accountants undertake sense-making activities using several strategies and SMA to understand the process | ||
| Carbonomics and SMA issues | Conceptual | Grounded theory | Literature review | Information provided by SMA techniques (e.g. costs of | |||
| Ma and Tayles (2009) | Emergence of SMA: Institutional perspective | Empirical | One multinational company | Institutional theory | Case study | Several SMA techniques have been adopted by the company. Enhanced role of management accountants in strategic decision-making process was also evidenced | |
| SMA and business strategy | Empirical | Manufacturing | Contingency theory | Survey | The use of several customer and competitor-based SMA techniques in Italian manufacturing companies. Defender and cost-leader type strategy follower use costing-based SMA techniques | ||
| SMA in higher educational institute | Empirical | Service | Grounded theory | Case study | Strategizing mindset, particularly bureaucratic and entrepreneurial mindset, encapsulates institutional and individual stance toward SMA | ||
| General concepts of SMA | Conceptual | SM | Literature review | Though the adoption rate of SMA techniques was low; the scores of perceived benefits and possibility of future adoption was promising | |||
| The paradox of SMA | Conceptual | SM | Literature review | The extant literature of SMA used the first era concept of SM and ignored the second era resource-based SM literature | |||
| SMA, strategy practices in public sector | Empirical | Public sector | SM | Case study | MAC can positively contribute in strategizing beyond the typically ascribed functions of decision-facilitation and decision influencing | ||
| Strategy, SMA and performance | Empirical | Manufacturing | Configurational theory | Survey | Various configurations results in varying level of fits and performance. Configurations that are internally consistent can lead to higher firm performance | ||
| SMA practices in Hospitals | Empirical | Hospital industry | SM | Survey | SMA techniques are used to a limited extent. Structural characteristics affect the use of SMA techniques | ||
| SMA in close inter-organizational relationships | Empirical | Manufacturing | SM | Case study | SMA in close inter-organizational relationships has several characteristics parallel to accounting and strategizing literature with few differences. The use of SMA techniques provided various indirect benefits | ||
| Contextual factors, SMA usage and historical performance in hotels | Empirical | Hotel industry | Contingency theory | Survey | Seven contingent factors affect SMA usage in hotels including PEU, structure, strategy and size. Lagging performance also affects SMA usage but moderated by PEU | ||
| The role of SMA in hotel property performance | Empirical | Hotel industry | Contingency theory | Survey | Market orientation business strategy is the key determinant of hotel property SMA usage. The relationship between market orientation and firm performance is mediated by SMA usage and customer performance | ||
| CEO characteristics, SMA usage and firm performance | Empirical | Service | Upper echelon and contingency theories | Survey | CEO education and network are positively associated with SMA usage. The positive effect of SMA usage on firm performance is mediated by CEO education and network | ||
| The relevance of SMA to popular culture | Empirical | Service | SM | Case study | Strategy is a social process rather than a practice | ||
| SMA and decision-making | Empirical | Service | Contingency theories | Survey | Registered banks in Nigeria use SMA as a principle of operation. SMA usage has significant positive effect on strategic decision-making and firm’s market share | ||
| Corporate governance and SMA | Empirical | Multiple industries | Agency | Survey | Several corporate governance variables such as separation of CEO from chairman, proportion of independent director and frequency of audit committee meetings affect positively SMA usage and participation while board size has negative on SMA usage | ||
| The effect of TMT characteristics and historical financial performance on SMA | Empirical | Manufacturing | Upper echelon and Role theory | Survey | Companies with low past profitability makes heavy use of SMA techniques. TMT characteristics such as educational background, tenure, creativity influence the level of SMA usage | ||
| SMA facets and organizational performance | Empirical | Multiple industries | SM | Survey | SMA facets have significant effect on both financial and nonfinancial organizational performance |
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