Firk, Sebastian and Schmidt, Torben and Wolff, Michael,(2019), CFO emphasis on value-based management: Performance implications and the challenge of CFO succession. , Management Accounting Research, Elsevier Ltd
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(VBM). Moreover, recent research indicates that CFOs play a leading role in shaping management accounting
and, particularly, VBM. Although this suggests that CFO emphasis has a positive impact on the successful
use of VBM, empirical research that considers the differentiating elements of VBM adopters is scarce.
Therefore, this study empirically investigates the performance implications of CFOs placing emphasis on VBM
and the challenge of upholding VBM emphasis following CFO succession. To accomplish this, we focus on a
longitudinal sample of VBM adopters and assess CFO emphasis on VBM based on his/her remarks made during
company conference calls. Our analyses provide empirical evidence that CFO emphasis enhances the performance
of VBM adopters. This phenomenon can, however, become a significant issue for organizations when new
CFOs take up office, as our results show that successor CFOs, who were not in charge of the initial implementation,
typically place less emphasis on VBM. Nevertheless, we find that the VBM emphasis of successor
CFOs can be perpetuated by tying their compensation to VBM. In line with this, additional tests indicate a
negative impact of successor CFOs on the effectiveness of VBM only when compensation is not tied to VBM.
Keywords : | Value-based management CFO Compensation Firm performance, UNSPECIFIED |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Management Accounting Research |
Volume: | 44 |
Number: | UNSPECIFIED |
Item Type: | Article |
Subjects: | Manajemen |
Depositing User: | Arief Eryka Zendy |
Date Deposited: | 26 Dec 2019 04:06 |
Last Modified: | 26 Dec 2019 04:12 |
URI: | https://repofeb.undip.ac.id/id/eprint/792 |