We study three elements of management control: incentive compensation, performance monitoring, and delegation of authority to managers to contract with lower‐level employees. Using a principal‐agent model, we highlight important direct and indirect interactions between and among these endogenous control elements, themes often emphasized in the economics and accounting literatures using the analogy of a three‐legged stool. We identify circumstances in which control elements are complements or substitutes and exhibit a coherent pattern of practices observed together. For instance, contrary to typical predictions that quality monitoring complements steep effort incentives, we find that when contracting authority adjusts easily to changes in fi...
In a typical corporate hierarchy, the manager is delegated the authority to make decisions that set ...
The theory of enabling control explains how the development and design of performance measurement sy...
This paper considers a model of enforcement with corruptible enforcers in a principal-supervisor-age...
We model the conditions under which firm agency issues are tackled through incentive pay as opposed ...
Starting from the separation between formal and real authority, the paper considers a hierarchical r...
This research concerns a previously unexplored area in the study of agency theory--the effects of pr...
This paper offers an empirical test of complementarities among delegated authority, accountability, ...
This study examines how a monitoring system that constrains accounting manipulation affects sharehol...
The paper analyzes the choice of organizational structure as solution to the trade-off between contr...
Research Question/Issue This study examines whether and to what extent the compensation of independ...
In a typical corporate hierarchy, the manager is delegated the authority to make strategic decisions...
Management control systems are commonly used by firms, but it is challenging to design an optimal co...
Starting from the separation between formal and real authority, the paper considers a hierarchical r...
This article presents evidence on the relationship between compensation ratios and spans of control ...
In most firms, if not all, workers are divided asymmetrically in terms of authority and responsibili...
In a typical corporate hierarchy, the manager is delegated the authority to make decisions that set ...
The theory of enabling control explains how the development and design of performance measurement sy...
This paper considers a model of enforcement with corruptible enforcers in a principal-supervisor-age...
We model the conditions under which firm agency issues are tackled through incentive pay as opposed ...
Starting from the separation between formal and real authority, the paper considers a hierarchical r...
This research concerns a previously unexplored area in the study of agency theory--the effects of pr...
This paper offers an empirical test of complementarities among delegated authority, accountability, ...
This study examines how a monitoring system that constrains accounting manipulation affects sharehol...
The paper analyzes the choice of organizational structure as solution to the trade-off between contr...
Research Question/Issue This study examines whether and to what extent the compensation of independ...
In a typical corporate hierarchy, the manager is delegated the authority to make strategic decisions...
Management control systems are commonly used by firms, but it is challenging to design an optimal co...
Starting from the separation between formal and real authority, the paper considers a hierarchical r...
This article presents evidence on the relationship between compensation ratios and spans of control ...
In most firms, if not all, workers are divided asymmetrically in terms of authority and responsibili...
In a typical corporate hierarchy, the manager is delegated the authority to make decisions that set ...
The theory of enabling control explains how the development and design of performance measurement sy...
This paper considers a model of enforcement with corruptible enforcers in a principal-supervisor-age...