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Maturity in management accounting: exploratory study in Portuguese SME
Raul Laureano (Laureano, R. M. S.); Maria Machado (Machado, M.); Luís Laureano (Laureano, L.);
Título Revista
Society and Economy
Ano (publicação definitiva)
2016
Língua
Inglês
País
Hungria
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Abstract/Resumo
The purpose of this paper is to characterize the level of maturity of management accounting in Portuguese industrial SMEs. Specifically, the study classifies firms using Kaplan's Four-Stage model; and introduces a new model to classify them better. The research design is exploratory. The data were collected through interviews with those responsible for management accounting in 58 Portuguese industrial SMEs. The analysis used descriptive and inferential statistics and a cluster analysis was performed to classify firms according to their management accounting characteristics. The results showed that all the SMEs belong to stage 2 of Kaplan's model and that it is possible to classify them in one of the four stages of the proposed new model. Moreover, the type of firm and the source of capital have no influence on the level of maturity, although larger firms tend to have greater maturity. The study offers evidence that there is a clear difference between management accounting knowledge and practices, which should motivate top management to focus on the continuous training of firm employees on the latest developments in management accounting methods.
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Palavras-chave
Kaplan's model,Management accounting practices,Maturity stages,SME
  • Economia e Gestão - Ciências Sociais
  • Sociologia - Ciências Sociais
  • Ciências Políticas - Ciências Sociais
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Referência de financiamento Entidade Financiadora
UID/GES/00315/2013 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia