Utz Schäffer

WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management

Institute of Management Accounting and Control (IMC)

Burgplatz 2

Vallendar, D-56179

Germany

http://www.whu.edu/controlling

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The Interplay of Core and Peripheral Actors in the Trajectory of an Accounting Innovation: Insights From Beyond Budgeting

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 16 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2020
Sebastian D. Becker, Martin Messner and Utz Schäffer
HEC Paris - Accounting and Management Control Department, HEC Paris and WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management
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Beyond Budgeting, budgeting, theory of fields, embeddedness, pragmatic, idealistic, diffusion of accounting innovations, innovation-based field, agility, agile

The Interplay of Core and Peripheral Actors in the Trajectory of an Accounting Innovation: Insights From Beyond Budgeting

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 23 Feb 2020
Sebastian D. Becker, Martin Messner and Utz Schäffer
HEC Paris - Accounting and Management Control Department, University of Innsbruck and WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management

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Beyond Budgeting, budgeting, theory of fields, embeddedness, pragmatic, idealistic, diffusion of accounting innovations, innovation-based field, agility, agile

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Budgeting in Times of Economic Crisis

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming, HEC Paris Research Paper No. ACC-2015-1122
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 May 2015 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2015
HEC Paris - Accounting and Management Control Department, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management - Institute of Management Accounting and Control
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Budgeting, budgeting functions, economic crisis, crisis management

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The Ratchet Effect: Theory and Empirical Evidence

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 May 2020 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2022
Arizona State University, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management
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Ratchet Effect, Dynamic Incentives, Target Updating

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From Words to Actions: The Impact of Specificity and Causality in Narrative Feedback on Employee Performance Improvement

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2025
Jan Hendrik Lampe, Utz Schäffer and Daniel Schaupp
ESSEC Business School - Department of Accounting and Management Control, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
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narrative feedback, performance feedback, specificity, causality, language characteristics, self-regulation

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Is Finance Research a 'Normal Science'? A Bibliometric Study of the Structure and Development of Finance Research from 1988 to 2007

Schmalenbach Business Review, Vol. 63, pp. 189-225, April 2011
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 05 Jul 2011
WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, University of Witten/Herdecke, WHU Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management - Institute of Management Accounting and Control and Technical University Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH)
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co-citation analysis, finance research, financial crisis, intellectual structure, normal science

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Budgeting Biases and Profit Expectations

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 28 Dec 2023
University of Mannheim, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management
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Forecasting, profit expectations, information bias, budgeting

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A Role-Specific Perspective on Managerial Succession: The Case of New CFO Origin

Schmalenbach Business Review, Vol. 65, October 2013, pp. 378-408
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 15 Oct 2013
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, University of Witten/Herdecke and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management - Institute of Management Accounting and Control
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Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Human Capital Theory, Managerial Role, Managerial Succession, Organizational Learning and Adaption Perspective

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Disentangling the Bright and Dark Sides of Transparency – An Integrated Analysis of Psychological Consequences

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 27 Nov 2020
Till Remmers, Utz Schäffer and Daniel Schaupp
affiliation not provided to SSRN, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
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transparency, privacy, performance information, psychological empowerment

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Bad News for Announcers, Good News for Rivals – Are Rivals Fully Seizing Transition-Period Opportunities Following Announcers’ Top Management Turnovers?

Strategic Management Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 23 Jan 2021
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Concordia University, Quebec, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management and Concordia University
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Competitive Dynamics; Information Effects, Intra-Industry Effects, Leader Life Cycle, Top Management Turnover, Transition Period

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Top Management Turnover Under the Influence of Activist Investors

Forthcoming, Journal of Management and Governance
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 05 Sep 2015
Barbara Voussem, Utz Schäffer and Denis Schweizer
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management - Institute of Management Accounting and Control, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management and Concordia University
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Corporate Governance, Hedge Fund, Management Turnover, Private Equity, Shareholder Activism

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Hanging Together, Together Hung? Career Implications of Interpersonal Ties Between CEOs and Top Managers

BuR Business Research Journal, Vol. 6, No. 1, May 2013
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 18 May 2013
Stefan Hilger, Ansgar Richter and Utz Schäffer
EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht - EBS Business School - Department of Strategy, Organization & Leadership, University of Liverpool - Management School (ULMS) and WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management
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corporate governance, interpersonal ties, top executive careers, top executive turnover, top management teams

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Wearing Many Hats But Happy with the Job: Studying Controllers' Multi-Role Job Profile

Posted: 02 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2016
Christian Bechtoldt, Marko Reimer and Utz Schäffer
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management

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controllers' multi-role job profile, role conflict, job empowerment, job satisfaction

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Target Ratcheting and Achievability of Earnings Targets

Posted: 02 Sep 2015
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Arizona State University and WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management

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Application of the Controllability Principle and Managerial Performance: The Role of Role Perceptions

Management Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 31 Mar 2011
University of Fribourg - Department of Business Administration, Independent and WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management

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Controllability principle, Management control systems, Role theory, Role stress, Role ambiguity, Role conflict, Managerial performance

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Legitimacy and Identity in Germanic Management Accounting Research

European Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 15 Oct 2007
HEC Paris, University of Innsbruck, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

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academic disciplines, history, identity, legitimacy, management accounting, Controlling, Germany