4th Conference on Performance Measurement
and Management Control:
Measuring and Rewarding Performance

Chairmen: Antonio DAVILA (IESE University of Navarra, Spain)

Invited Speakers: Marc J. EPSTEIN (Rice University, Houston, U.S.A.)
and Jean-François MANZONI (IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland)

Nice, France, September 26-28, 2007
(September 26: Early works day ; September 27-28: Conference)

The third edition of the EIASM conference on performance measurement and management control was a great success. Over 180 scholars participated in the conference (+59%), 108 papers were presented (+96%), some of which later appeared in a book published by JAI Press (Elsevier Science) . In light of this success and to continue to explore and exchange ideas on these topics, a fourth conference will take place in 2007.

As in 2003, the 2007 edition will explore the latest research on “performance measurement and management control”, as well as provide an opportunity to discuss current research, current corporate practice and future trends in research and practice. The two invited speakers will present their most recent ideas on management control and performance measurement. This will include an update on the current research in the field and extensive discussion of business practices and trends. The first day (September 26) will be reserved for the presentation of early work from emerging scholars in order to facilitate more discussions on them.

Research papers using a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches are invited on any topic related to the general theme of performance measurement and management control. We want this fourth edition to focus on critical issues related to performance drivers, measurement, evaluation and rewards. The topics can be examined from several perspectives, including the balanced scorecard, other performance measurement and strategic management systems in different organizations and sectors (including public sector), and at various organizational levels (including the corporation, strategic business unit, functions, teams, and individuals).

Some examples of questions that we want to address are:

• What are the relationships between these variables and how important are they?
• Do performance measures need to be tied to rewards?
• Do performance measures play (or need to play) different roles:
  • in the attribution of different types of rewards (e.g., manager consideration, salary increase, promotion, bonus)?
  • at different hierarchical levels?
  • across industries, types of business, organizational strategy, etc?
• What are the pros and cons of relative performance evaluation systems?
• When is it desirable to hold employees accountable for actions over which they have limited or no control?
• How important is the performance measurement system in driving superior performance?

Those who want to present a paper at the conference should submit no latter than January 31th, 2007 an abstract (approximately 300 words) by Web application (www.eiasm.be - web pages of the conference – see calendar of activities). Complete papers will be required by June 15, 2007. It is intended that papers will be considered for publication in a special volume of a major journal or book series at authors’ request. For more information, please contact:

EIASM
Graziella MICHELANTE - Place de Brouckère-Plein 31 - 1000 Brussels - Belgium
Phone: +32 2 226 66 62 – Fax : +32 2 512 19 29 – Email: michelante@eiasm.be

Workshop Web Site (Calendar of Activities): http://www.eiasm.be

Practicalities
The whole Workshop will take place in Nice. It will start on September 26th morning to end around 6pm on September 28th. Nice has an international airport which is easily accessible from the conference place.

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