We are pleased to announce that the 11th Manufacturing Accounting Research Conference (MAR) will be held in Helsinki from 13th
to 15th June, 2012. The conference is jointly organised by EIASM and Aalto University School of Economics. Professor Teemu Malmi
from Aalto University School of Economics will act as the chairman of the conference. Our acknowledged keynote speakers will
be Professor Angelo Ditillo from Bocconi University, Professor Utz Schäffer from WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management and
Professor Robert Simons from Harvard Business School.
The Helsinki 2012 conference continues and evolves themes established in previous conferences. A direct engagement with
operational processes (be they manufacturing or service) has always been a central feature in the academic papers presented at
the MAR conference. The Helsinki 2012 conference continues to welcome papers with a strong operational orientation. Such
papers could relate, for example, to the use of cost and performance management systems in customer-supplier relationships,
networks, sales, marketing or advanced manufacturing technology contexts. Inspired by the presence of our acknowledged key
note speakers, we also encourage papers examining the use of cost management and performance management systems in
supporting the exploration of new opportunities. By introducing this new theme we seek to gather insights into the role of cost
management and performance measurement systems in both exploitation and exploration. Papers related to this theme could
examine, for example, the role of cost management and performance management systems in supporting innovation, knowledge
integration and/or entrepreneurship in organisations. Submissions examining the simultaneous use of several management control
systems are also very much appreciated.
Similarly to the earlier MAR conferences, the Helsinki 2012 conference will consider the link between design and implementation
of management control systems and the relevance to both theory and practice to be essential. The conference will comprise
plenary presentations, concurrent sessions and a special track for PhD students. To some of the concurrent sessions a discussant
will be allocated. The PhD track aims to promote young researchers and provides a platform for discussion of and individual
feedback to PhD related papers. There will be an appointed discussant for each of these papers. The authors of the best conference
papers will be invited to submit their papers to Management Accounting Research. These papers will be subject to the journal’s
double-blind review process.
The conference will include different types of research pertinent to the conference title. Papers on the following topics are
particularly welcomed: