2.3 Business strategy
It has been argued that the characteristics of management accounting information are influenced by the planned
business strategy. Miles and Snow (1978) classify business strategies into four types of prospectors, analysers,
defenders and reactors. Prospector strategy tends to incorporate changes and new product development, and
continuously look for new opportunities and markets. In addition the company with a prospector strategy typically
faces greater environmental uncertainty than the companies with a defender strategy, so that it needed greater
information on the company's accounting information in order to improve the performance of the company. This
opinion is supported by Abernethy and Guthire (1994) which states that the accounting information has a positive
influence on the performance of companies that implement a prospector strategy than companies that implement
the defender strategy.
Business strategy in product defenders maintain existing customer with a narrow product market in defending
the company. Companies with this strategy have only slight changes and new product development, as well as
competing mainly with low price, quality and service and operating efficiency. Conformity the business strategy to
the characteristics of management accounting information will result in higher performance. Prospector business
strategy which supported by relevant management accounting information characteristics will result in a more
positive performance in comparison with a company that uses a defender strategy. This happens because the
prospector strategy typically faces greater environmental uncertainty than companies that use defender strategy.
The following hypothesis is thus formulated:
H3: The business strategy influences the characteristics of management accounting information system positively.
2.3 Business strategyIt has been argued that the characteristics of management accounting information are influenced by the plannedbusiness strategy. Miles and Snow (1978) classify business strategies into four types of prospectors, analysers,defenders and reactors. Prospector strategy tends to incorporate changes and new product development, andcontinuously look for new opportunities and markets. In addition the company with a prospector strategy typicallyfaces greater environmental uncertainty than the companies with a defender strategy, so that it needed greaterinformation on the company's accounting information in order to improve the performance of the company. Thisopinion is supported by Abernethy and Guthire (1994) which states that the accounting information has a positiveinfluence on the performance of companies that implement a prospector strategy than companies that implementthe defender strategy.Business strategy in product defenders maintain existing customer with a narrow product market in defendingthe company. Companies with this strategy have only slight changes and new product development, as well ascompeting mainly with low price, quality and service and operating efficiency. Conformity the business strategy tothe characteristics of management accounting information will result in higher performance. Prospector businessstrategy which supported by relevant management accounting information characteristics will result in a morepositive performance in comparison with a company that uses a defender strategy. This happens because theprospector strategy typically faces greater environmental uncertainty than companies that use defender strategy.The following hypothesis is thus formulated:H3: The business strategy influences the characteristics of management accounting information system positively.
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