In today's competitive environment, smart technologies are increasingly recognized as key enablers of corporate sustainability. In this new context, corporate management control systems integrate with the issues of smart technologies, sustainability and inter- and intra-organizational collaboration as the driving elements of the firm of the future.

This book proposes a management control framework for today's firms. It investigates the effectiveness of traditional management control systems in today's competitive environment and identifies potential limitations that may hinder their ability to effectively monitor modern organizations. Furthermore, the book explores whether these systems can be improved with complementary tools or if entirely new mechanisms are required. The book argues the need to adopt a new approach to control and a different lens for evaluating the activity of guiding the achievement of corporate objectives, paving the way for the conceptualization of a new management control system.

Offers a structured analysis of the relations between sustainability, smart technologies and management control Investigates the impacts of sustainability and smart technologies on firms Provides a conceptual framework that integrates sustainability and smart technologies in a management control system

Autorentext

Domenica Lavorato is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the University of Naples Parthenope" (Italy). She is an Assistant Editor of The International Journal of Digital Accounting Research and a reviewer for several international journals. She is also the author of numerous articles and book chapters published in prominent indexed journals. She is actively involved in various SIDREA study groups and contributes to several research projects. Her main research areas are control systems, sustainability and digital technologies.

Inhalt

1. Towards a Conceptual Framework for Smart and Sustainable Firms.- 2. The Origins and Development of the Management Control System: An Analysis of the Academic Literature.- 3. Exploring a Different Orientation of the Management Control System.- 4. The Main Elements of the Management Control System.- 5. Conclusions, Implications and Limitations.