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Ding, Rong, Dekker, Henri C. and Groot, Tom (2010) An exploration of the use of interfirm cooperation and the financial manager's governance roles. Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change, 6 (1). pp. 9-26. doi:10.1108/18325911011025678 ISSN 1832-5912.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/18325911011025678
Abstract
Purpose
– The purposes of this paper are to provide first a detailed description of the use of interfirm cooperation by a large sample of Dutch firms of different sizes and from different industries, and second, to examine the governance role of financial managers in the management of cooperative arrangements.
Design/methodology/approach
– Research questions are developed based on a review of previous literature and data were collected using a questionnaire administered to a large sample of Dutch firms.
Findings
– The paper finds that the sample firms are generally well engaged in various types of interfirm cooperation, in particular in outsourcing arrangements and joint ventures. In addition, larger firms are on average involved in more types of cooperation than smaller firms are, and different cooperative activities and forms are frequently used in combination. On average, financial managers report to be actively involved in the management of interfirm cooperation, which ranges from monitoring yearly results, providing advice, supervising performance, to managing daily operations of the cooperation. In this management role, they mostly use frequent detailed financial and non‐financial performance information, which often not only relates to their own firm, but also to the partner firm.
Practical implications
– This research provides evidence of the extensive use of interfirm cooperation in practice and identifies an important governance role of financial managers in the management of interfirm cooperation. An analysis of differences in this role across different types of cooperation and functional levels of financial managers is provided.
Originality/value
– The findings provide new insights into firms' use of a broad range of interfirm cooperative activities and into the governance role financial managers in these activities. Consistent with prior studies that document an increasing propensity of firms to engage in cooperative arrangements, the results support that interfirm cooperation constitutes an important area for research in accounting. This paper provides several suggestions for future research aimed at improving researchers' and practitioners' understanding of the management of interfirm cooperation.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Accounting Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change | ||||
| Publisher: | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 1832-5912 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2010 | ||||
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| Volume: | 6 | ||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 17 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 9-26 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1108/18325911011025678 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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