Michael SHIELDS
Eli Broad Graduate School of Management - Michigan State University
SPONSORED BY
‘The support of the CIMA General Charitable Trust is gratefully acknowledged.’
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
The rate of change in the practice of and research on management accounting appears to be increasing. Many organisations are attempting to change their existing, or implement new and innovative, management accounting practices, based on new management accounting and business ideas, practices, strategies, structures, processes, systems, and information.
A number of new challenging objects of measurement and control have recently emerged, including intellectual capital and networks of organisations. The roles and designs of budgeting systems appear to be changing. While much of this innovation and implementation concentrates on new costing or performance measurement systems, there is also change related to the roles of management accountants in organisations. Current developments outlined above provide many new opportunities for innovative management accounting research, and for a fruitful integration of existing accounting knowledge and the currently emerging practice issues.
The purpose of this conference, like its seven predecessors, is to examine innovative management accounting practices and innovative ideas about how to conduct research on them. The conference will consist of plenary sessions and research paper presentations.
The general theme for this next conference is "Innovations in management accounting practice and research”.
The invited plenary speakers are:
Ramji Balakrishnan, University of Iowa, USA
Chris Chapman, Imperial College, UK
Steve Kachelmeier, University of Texas, USA
Teemu Malmi, Aalto University, Finland
Their presentations will cover issues like the role and contributions of numerical simulation experiments in management accounting; researching costs and costing systems in healthcare organizations; the influence of management accounting practices, in particular incentives, on individual, team, and organizational creativity and innovation; and how management controls can support innovations in organizations.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Submission of papers that deal with innovative management accounting practices, theories, and research methods are particularly relevant to this conference. For reference, papers on the following types of issues are welcomed warmly:
PRACTICE:
innovative management accounting practices in particular parts of the world
management accounting in new organizational designs (e.g., flat, horizontal, matrix, network, virtual, team)
management accounting systems for enterprise resource planning systems, e-commerce, electronic data interchange, electronic meetings, customer relationship management, and supply chain management
value chain accounting
new management accounting techniques, processes and information
linkages between competitive strategy and management accounting
integration/disintegration of management accounting
challenges of globalization for management accounting
changing roles of management accountants in organizations
information about what practitioners expect management accounting researchers to do
RESEARCH:
role of social science and other theoretical perspectives in researching innovative practices
comparative analyses of various theoretical approaches
new theories for researching innovative practices
ways of improving the relevance, validity, and reliability of theory-based empirical research
role of research design in management accounting studies
research method issues in researching innovative practices
innovative ways of conducting management accounting research
THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS OVER
The papers will be considered for presentation at concurrent sessions by the Programme Committee, and a response will be given by 15 October 2012.
There will be an appointed discussant for each paper presented at the Conference.
The conference will start on Wednesday December 12, 2012 around 1 pm and is scheduled to end at approximately 5 pm on Friday, December 14, 2012.
LOCATION :
The whole workshop will take place in the Hotel Métropole in which the EIASM premises are located (Place De Brouckère-plein 31, 1000 Brussels).
The Hotel Métropole is marvelously well located right in the historical centre of Brussels, just a few steps away from the “Grand-Place”, the “Bourse” and the “Theatre de la Monnaie” and close to the central and north railway stations, that each have direct connections to Brussels International airport.
ACCOMMODATION :
* Hotel Métropole ***** (conference location) PLEASE BOOK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Place de Brouckère 31 - 1000 Bruxelles http://www.metropolehotel.com
During the week :
Superior Single room at € 159 ,-/ night
Superior Double room at € 189,-/night
including buffet breakfast and all taxes !!!
During the week-end :
Superior Single room at € 140 ,-/ night
Superior Double room at € 140,-/night
including buffet breakfast and all taxes !!!
To take advantage of these special rates, please mention “EIASM” when making your reservation. However, according to the period of the booking, some better rates could be offered by contacting the hotel directly. We advice you to check on the web site first.
* Hotel NH Atlanta (next door) ****
Boulevard Adolph Max 7
1000 Brussels
Tel 00800 0115 0116 (free of charge) - reservations@nh-hotels.com
Special rate (single or double room) 155 EUR (including breakfast)
Please mention "EIASM " when making your reservation.
* Hotel Marivaux (next door)
Boulevard Adolph Max 98
1000 Brussels - www.marivaux.be
Special rates : please download the booking form HERE to make your reservation
- € 135.00/night (breakfast included) - single / twin / double (please specify your choice)
Daily rate for one night booking only 12.12.2012
-€ 125.00/night (breakfast included) - single / twin / double (please specify your choice)
Daily rate for a two night booking 12.12.2012 + 13.12.2012
- € 85.00/night (breakfast included) - single / twin / double (please specify your choice)
Daily rate for the night of 14.12.2012
* Citadines Sainte-Catherine Bruxelles Apart'hotel (10 minutes walk) 51 quai au Bois à Brûler - 1000 Brussels
Tel 32 2 221 14 11 - Fax 32 2 2211599 -
To book a room, contact ignacio.sandino@citadines.com and mention EIASM
For a Studio (for 1-2 pers) : 119€ - Breakfast included for 1 person For an Apartment (for 1-4 pers) : 159€ - Breakfast included for 1 person Additional breakfast : 14€ per person
RESOTEL can also help you to find a room at a competitive price : info@resotel.be
Here is the search system of the company RESOTEL :http://www.belgium-hospitality.com/
FEE (VAT excluded)
The fees include participation to the conference, conference documents, 2 lunches, morning and afternoon refreshments and the conference Gala Dinner.
For participants affiliated with an institution that is member or associate member of the EIASM's Academic Council
395,70 € (including 35,70 € VAT)
For participants coming from another academic institution
452,70 € (including 35,70 € VAT)
Cancellations made before November 20, 2012 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
