Open AccessRelationships Between Business Strategy, Environment and Controls: A Three Country Study
Author(s) -
Ah Ba Sim,
Hai Yap Teoh
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of applied business research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2157-8834
pISSN - 0892-7626
DOI - 10.19030/jabr.v13i4.5741
Subject(s) - control (management) , linear discriminant analysis , business environment , business , span (engineering) , marketing , process management , knowledge management , computer science , engineering , artificial intelligence , business administration , civil engineering
This paper reports the results of a study on the relationships among business strategy, environment, and control system attributes in three countries, namely, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia. Multiple discriminant analysis revealed significant relationships between business strategy and selected environmental and control system attributes. While the discriminate functions derived could be used to classify firms into strategy types, several of the environmental and control system attributes differed by national contexts. Limitations of the research and areas for further research are discussed.