Management Accounting and Control: Lessons for and from the World's Tiniest Businesses

Srikant M. Datar; Marc J. Epstein; Kristi  Yuthas

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Management Accounting and Control: Lessons for and from the World's Tiniest Businesses

by Srikant M. Datar, Marc J. Epstein and Kristi Yuthas

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The article discusses skills microentrepreneurs need to manage and expand their businesses. After interviewing hundreds of microfinance clients around the globe, the authors were able to identify five tools drawn from management accounting where improved knowledge would have a substantial impact including cost management, throughput enhancement, risk management, budgeting, and opportunity identification.

Keywords: Governance Controls; Expansion; Business or Company Management; Microfinance; Cost Management; Risk Management; Budgets and Budgeting; Accounting; Opportunities;

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Datar, Srikant M., Marc J. Epstein, and Kristi Yuthas. "Management Accounting and Control: Lessons for and from the World's Tiniest Businesses." Strategic Finance 91, no. 5 (November 2009).

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