Between cost and benefit: investigating effects of cost management control systems on cost efficiency and organisational performance

Ulf Diefenbach1, Andreas Wald2, Ronald Gleich3
1Strascheg Institute for Innovation, Transformation & Entrepreneurship (SITE), EBS Business School, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Burgstraße 5, 65375, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany
2School of Business and Law, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
3Strascheg Institute for Innovation, Transformation & Entrepreneurship (SITE), EBS Business School, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany

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