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- catalog abstract "This thesis consists of two separate but related studies of divisional control practices in divisionalized multi-business firms. The first study investigates the factors driving the choice of measures used to evaluate division managers in divisionalized firms. Accounting and information economic theories suggest that the usefulness of a measure of agent performance is a function of the measure's informativeness of the agent's actions and/or efforts. I examine whether patterns in the types of measures used to monitor and control division managers in divisionalized firms are related to the characteristics of the firm which affect the relative informativeness of alternative measure types. I test hypotheses with survey data obtained from 110 medium-size US public companies. ... The second study of this thesis explores the role of ex post evaluation in the overall divisional control process, and its importance relative to other mechanisms used to control divisional activity. In-depth field studies of eight firms, drawn from the larger sample of 110 firms, are used to obtain data.".
- catalog contributor b9646598.
- catalog contributor b9646599.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (leaves [246]-258).".
- catalog description "Thesis (D.B.A.)--Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration, 1995.".
- catalog description "This thesis consists of two separate but related studies of divisional control practices in divisionalized multi-business firms. The first study investigates the factors driving the choice of measures used to evaluate division managers in divisionalized firms. Accounting and information economic theories suggest that the usefulness of a measure of agent performance is a function of the measure's informativeness of the agent's actions and/or efforts. I examine whether patterns in the types of measures used to monitor and control division managers in divisionalized firms are related to the characteristics of the firm which affect the relative informativeness of alternative measure types. I test hypotheses with survey data obtained from 110 medium-size US public companies. ... The second study of this thesis explores the role of ex post evaluation in the overall divisional control process, and its importance relative to other mechanisms used to control divisional activity. In-depth field studies of eight firms, drawn from the larger sample of 110 firms, are used to obtain data.".
- catalog extent "258 leaves :".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog title "Strategy and structure : an investigation of control and performance measurement practices in diversified firms : a thesis / presented by A. Scott Keating.".
- catalog type "text".