Kenneth A. Merchant

8.6k citations
78 papers · 5.2k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 33
Topics
Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (35 papers)Accounting and Organizational Management (32 papers)Corporate Finance and Governance (19 papers)

In The Last Decade

Kenneth A. Merchant

75 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

Management Control Systems: Performance Measurement, Eval...20032026201020182003100200300400500

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Kenneth A. Merchant
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  • Management Information Systems 2.8k
  • Accounting 2.6k
  • Strategy and Management 1.7k
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1.0k
  • Safety Research 470
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All Works

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Target Ratcheting in Common and Unique Performance Measures
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Sistem pengendalian manajemen : pengukuran kinerja, evaluasi dan insentif
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ERM: Where to Go from Here: Why New Tools Are Needed to Help Companies Properly Assess Risks and Opportunities
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Performance Measurement and Incentive Compensation: An Empirical Analysis and Comparison of Chinese and Western Firms’ Practices
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Four Options for Measuring Value Creation: Strategies for Managers to Avoid Potential Flaws in Accounting Measures of Performance
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Determinants and Effects of Subjectivity in Incentives
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Performance Measurement and Evaluation Practices in Loss-Making Entities: Field and Survey Evidence
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Performance Measure Choice and Target Setting in Loss-Making Firms
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Target costing and incentive compensation
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Management Control Systems: Performance Measurement, Evaluation and Incentivesbreakdown →
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Modern management control systems : text and cases
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Accounting for management control : teachers' manual
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Rewarding results : motivating profit center managers
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Accounting, text and cases
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About Kenneth A. Merchant

Kenneth A. Merchant is a scholar working on Management Information Systems, Accounting and Strategy and Management, having authored 78 papers that have together received 5.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (35 papers), Accounting and Organizational Management (32 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Management Information Systems (2.8k citations), Accounting (2.6k citations) and Strategy and Management (1.7k citations). Kenneth A. Merchant has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Belgium. Frequent co-authors include Wim A. Van der Stede, David Otley, Roger L. M. Dunbar, William J. Bruns, Joanne W. Rockness, Mark E. Vargus, Michael Gibbs, Chee W. Chow, Clive Emmanuel and Liu Zheng. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Marketing, Administrative Science Quarterly and Management Science.

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