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Cover -- How to Take Action for Successful Performance Management -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1: Introduction: Falconer Mitchell and Hanne Nørreklit -- PART I: Pragmatic Constructivism -- CHAPTER 2: The Four Dimensionsof Reality: Falconer Mitchell and Hanne Nørreklit -- CHAPTER 3: Integration of the Four Dimensions: Falconer Mitchell and Hanne Nørreklit -- CHAPTER 4: The Actors and the Actor-Based Method: Falconer Mitchell and Hanne Nørreklit -- PART II: Application of Performance Measurement Action -- CHAPTER 5: Interactive and Reflective Planning and Decision Making -- CHAPTER 6: Performance Management of Investment Center Managers: Falconer Mitchell and Hanne Nørreklit -- CHAPTER 7: Strategic Performance Management: Falconer Mitchell, Hanne Nørreklit, Lars Braad Nielsen, and Lennart Nørreklit -- CHAPTER 8: Operational Performance Management: Falconer Mitchell, Hanne Nørreklit, and Mihaela Trenca -- CHAPTER 9: Conclusion: Falconer Mitchell and Hanne Nørreklit -- References -- List of Contributors -- About the Authors -- Index -- Ad Page -- Back Cover.

iInterventionist research has been proposed as one way of increasing societal impact of management accounting (MA) research. However, there are no guidelines regarding what sort of phenomena would be the most suitable ones to be studied using research interventions. This book builds on the methodological literature of interventionist management accounting research, as well as the published studies applying it. Through selected case studies, Interventionist Management Accounting Research shows how societal impact of MA research can be increased by not only applying the interventionist research (IVR) approach, but also looking into how MA is used in the borderlines between MA and other organizational functions. In many cases, MA research can provide tools and concepts helping to understand contemporary trends within the business environment, thereby naturally providing potential for increasing the societal impact of scholarly work. In particular, this book discusses how to position empirical research endeavors with interventionist elements in a way to ensure important theory contributions with outcomes interesting also outside the MA academia, whether that means MA practitioners, managers in general, or scholars in other fields of management. Aimed at primarily researchers, academics, and students in the fields of research methodology, management accounting, and interventionist research, this book provides methodological guidance on how to execute research projects with interventionist elements, aiming at strong theory contribution with broader societal impacts. Focusing on research in accounting and management, this book also provides interesting insights to scholars and doctoral students in other fields of management research.ii iii

This book is intended for practitioners, students, and researchers who are interested in designing, using, assessing, and researching performance management systems. Managerial personnel involved in such activity will hold many beliefs about how their organization functions. This text uses the philosophy of pragmatic constructivism to show how managerial beliefs that underlie action can be made explicit and so facilitate their assessment and improvement. This involves recognizing and integrating the four dimensions (facts, possibilities, values, and communication) that represent how managers relate to the reality in which they operate. When managerial beliefs are based on an accurate representation of reality, they are more likely to be successful. Problems occur where reality is misrepresented in managerial beliefs. This is especially so in performance management, as the book illustrates using real-world examples. Specific topics addressed include planning and decision making, performance management of investment center managers, strategic performance management, and operational performance management.

Gavin Reid presents a systematic analysis of what drives investor-investee relations in venture capital markets. In the first analytical work to use a unified framework, he draws upon a modern and general approach to contracting relations, namely principal-agent analysis. This book establishes a clear theoretical framework involving risk management, information handling and the 'trading' of risk and information. Using powerful modern theory as a general and coherent frame of reference to analyse an extensive body of new evidence, the author shows how top investors manage risk and monitor investees, and examines the best relationship between investor and investee. Exploring the principles governing high-risk/high-return investment, this is a unique insight into the turbulent world of the venture capitalist.