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Lino CINQUINI
Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa
Italy

Paolo COLLINI
University of Trento
Department of Information System & Management (DISA)
Italy

Chris GUILDING
Griffith University
Australia

Robert S. KAPLAN
Harvard Business School
USA

Eva LABRO
London School of Economics and Political Sciences
United Kingdom

Teemu MALMI
Helsinki School of Economics
Finland

Riccardo SILVI
University of Bologna
Italy

MAR is a biannual conference at which worldwide scholars, researchers and practitioners debate on cost and performance management in a wide range of business organizations, both in manufacturing and service.

The Trento 2007 seminar continues and evolves the themes established in the seminars held in Eindhoven (1993), Bruges(1995), Edinburgh (1997) Kolding (1999), Pisa (2001), Twente (2003) and Tampere (2005).

MAR conferences address issues like the adoption of a process based approach of management, the biases in decision making originated by particular cost techniques in manufacturing and service, the application value chain analysis and product and process design. Moreover, the interlink between implementation and design and the relevance to knowledge of business experience have always been perceived as crucial.

The 8th EIASM MAR aims at broadening the mission of the conference including emerging issues such as relations between costing, performance management and managerial behaviour.

The conference is jointly organized by EIASM & University of Trento, Department of Information System & Management (DISA).

The conference will include all types of research pertinent to the conference title:

• Cost management beyond organizational boundaries
• Target costing in new product development and supply chain management
• Customer-focussed cost & profitability, revenue driver analysis, promotional effectiveness, and other approaches to integrate accounting information and marketing
• Operational and structural cost drivers
• Design and implementation of new accounting techniques
• Decision-making support in innovative manufacturing and service contexts
• Flexibility, Innovation and Management Control
• The impact of technological change to cost management
• Cost management, quality management and business process re-engineering
• Performance management in operations, distribution, NPD, marketing, sales, retail
• The impact of cultural framework in managing cost and performance
• Capital budgeting for advanced manufacturing technology
• ERP systems, Business Intelligence and accounting information systems
• Changes in the role of management accountants
• Product and service complexity and implications for cost management
• Cognitive biases, cost information and managerial behaviour

The submission deadline is over.

Please click HERE to download the conference programme

To download the plenary presentations of Professors Robert Kaplan, Eva Labro and Chris Guilding, click HERE.

To download Professor Riccardo Silvi's presentation, please click HERE. 

To download Professor Teemu Malmi 's presentation, please click HERE. 

TIMING

The Conference will start on Sunday June 17, 2007 at 18.30 with registration and an informal welcome drink.

The academic program of the Conference will start formally at 09.00 a.m. on Monday June 18 and is scheduled to end at 12:45 on Wednesday, June 20.


LOCATION

The conference will take place at the University of Trento – Faculty of Economics – Trento Via Inama, 5
http://www.unitn.it/en/campus/vivere_trento/cartina.htm 


TRAVEL INFORMATION 

Useful details are available on the following web sites : 

http://www.unitn.it/en/campus/vivere_trento/trasp_meteo.htm
http://www.unitn.it/events/mar2007/index.htm

ACCOMMODATION

All useful details are available on the local web site :
http://www.unitn.it/events/mar2007/index.htm

The fees include :

• workshop
• workshop documents
• 3 lunches
• the workshop dinner
• morning and afternoon refreshments
• the welcome drink
  

Cancellations made before June 4, 2007 will be reimbursed minus 20% of the total fee. No reimbursement will be possible after that date.

Payments should be made by :

• The following credit cards: Visa or Eurocard/Mastercard/Access

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