Stakeholders’ information needs, cost system design, and cost system effectiveness in Dutch local government
This study examines the relationships between stakeholders’ information needs, cost system design, and cost system effectiveness in local government, using a dataset of survey responses from 71 Dutch municipalities. Three cost system design characteristics are examined: (a) the complexity and (b) the inclusiveness of cost systems, and (c) their understandability for non-financial internal users. These characteristics are shown to be only partly related to each other, and to differ in the extent to which they are related to the information needs of internal and external stakeholders, as well as... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | Schoute , M & Budding , G T 2017 , ' Stakeholders’ information needs, cost system design, and cost system effectiveness in Dutch local government ' , Financial Accountability and Management , vol. 33 , no. 1 , pp. 77-101 . https://doi.org/10.1111/faam.12116 |
| Schlagwörter: | /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/reduced_inequalities / name=SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27074541 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/303b5de0-b682-4317-9fe7-7510753b1c7e |
This study examines the relationships between stakeholders’ information needs, cost system design, and cost system effectiveness in local government, using a dataset of survey responses from 71 Dutch municipalities. Three cost system design characteristics are examined: (a) the complexity and (b) the inclusiveness of cost systems, and (c) their understandability for non-financial internal users. These characteristics are shown to be only partly related to each other, and to differ in the extent to which they are related to the information needs of internal and external stakeholders, as well as to three cost system effectiveness characteristics.