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Alpenberg, Jan, DocentORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0003-0378-2995
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Behrenz, S., Alpenberg, J., Ax, C. & Wnuk-Pel, T. (2023). Cost accounting practice in Swedish manufacturing companies - a 30 years perspective. In: Paper presented at the 6th Trends in Accounting Research Conference, Kalmar, Sweden, October 4-6, 2023, 2023: . Paper presented at The 6th Trends in Accounting Research Conference, Kalmar, Sweden, October 4-6, 2023.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Cost accounting practice in Swedish manufacturing companies - a 30 years perspective
2023 (English)In: Paper presented at the 6th Trends in Accounting Research Conference, Kalmar, Sweden, October 4-6, 2023, 2023, 2023Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
National Category
Business Administration
Research subject
Economy, Ekonomistyrning
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-124964 (URN)
Conference
The 6th Trends in Accounting Research Conference, Kalmar, Sweden, October 4-6, 2023
Available from: 2023-10-11 Created: 2023-10-11 Last updated: 2023-11-22Bibliographically approved
Alpenberg, J., Hansson, F., Svensson, L. & Wnuk-Pel, T. (2023). Integrated capital investments appraisal in the Swedish forest industry. In: Paper presented at the 6th Trends in Accounting Research Conference, Kalmar, Sweden, October 4-6, 2023: . Paper presented at The 6th Trends in Accounting Research Conference, Kalmar, Sweden, October 4-6, 2023.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Integrated capital investments appraisal in the Swedish forest industry
2023 (English)In: Paper presented at the 6th Trends in Accounting Research Conference, Kalmar, Sweden, October 4-6, 2023, 2023Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

National Category
Business Administration
Research subject
Economy, Ekonomistyrning
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-124963 (URN)
Conference
The 6th Trends in Accounting Research Conference, Kalmar, Sweden, October 4-6, 2023
Available from: 2023-10-11 Created: 2023-10-11 Last updated: 2023-11-22Bibliographically approved
Soheili, A., Alpenberg, J. & Florin-Samuelsson, E. (2023). The role of management control systems in uncertain environment: The case of Iranian family firms. In: Paper presented at the 6th Trends in Accounting Research Conference, Kalmar, October 4-6: . Paper presented at Paper presented at the 6th Trends in Accounting Research Conference, Kalmar, October 4-6.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The role of management control systems in uncertain environment: The case of Iranian family firms
2023 (English)In: Paper presented at the 6th Trends in Accounting Research Conference, Kalmar, October 4-6, 2023Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
National Category
Business Administration
Research subject
Economy, Business administration; Economy, Ekonomistyrning
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-124966 (URN)
Conference
Paper presented at the 6th Trends in Accounting Research Conference, Kalmar, October 4-6
Available from: 2023-10-11 Created: 2023-10-11 Last updated: 2023-10-26Bibliographically approved
Chong, V. K., Alpenberg, J. & Sanusi, Z. M. (2023). Unethical Behaviours and Management Controls: Issues and Challenges to Management Accounting. Management Accounting Frontiers, 5-6, 1-6
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Unethical Behaviours and Management Controls: Issues and Challenges to Management Accounting
2023 (English)In: Management Accounting Frontiers, E-ISSN 2209-0398, Vol. 5-6, p. 1-6Article in journal, Editorial material (Refereed) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Victoria: Institute of Certified Management Accountants (ICMA), 2023
National Category
Business Administration
Research subject
Economy; Economy, Ekonomistyrning
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-118142 (URN)10.52153/prj1230006 (DOI)
Available from: 2023-05-17 Created: 2023-05-17 Last updated: 2023-11-13Bibliographically approved
Alpenberg, J., Hansson, F., Svensson, L. & Wnuk-Pel, T. (2022). Capital investments in the Swedish forest industry. In: Presented at the 17th Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association Annual Conference (APMAA 2022), Bangkok, Thailand, November 9-11, 2022: . Paper presented at 17th Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association Annual Conference (APMAA 2022), Bangkok, Thailand, November 9-11, 2022. Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Capital investments in the Swedish forest industry
2022 (English)In: Presented at the 17th Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association Annual Conference (APMAA 2022), Bangkok, Thailand, November 9-11, 2022, Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association , 2022Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The purpose of this research is to gain understanding of how companies in the Swedish forest industry proceed in capital investment assessments regarding tangible investments. The research was conducted through a determination of which financial methods are used and which non-financial considerations (strategic, environmental, and social) are taken into account while assessing tangible investments. In order to enable a research of investment assessment in the Swedish forest industry, 10 companies have been studied with the use of qualitative (based on the interviews) method. The majority of the investment appraisal methods used in the Swedish forest companies have been observed in previous research, both domestically and internationally. The fact that the payback method is the most widely used method in the Swedish forest industry is in direct contrast to the application in the American forest industry, where discounted cash flows methods are most common. Net present value, internal rate of return, and sensitivity analysis are also used but not in all examined companies and not for all investments. Another distinctive finding is that the forest companies are happy to combine different calculation methods to increase the probability of succeeding in mapping a true picture of future investment financial consequences. The results of the study show that the investment assessment in the forest industry has several industry-specific features, which is expressed in the form of strategy, environmental, safety promotion becoming extra important for the forest companies, which stands out in relation to previous research.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association, 2022
Keywords
forest industry, capital investment appraisal, financial considerations, non-financial considerations
National Category
Business Administration
Research subject
Economy, Ekonomistyrning
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-117650 (URN)
Conference
17th Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association Annual Conference (APMAA 2022), Bangkok, Thailand, November 9-11, 2022
Available from: 2022-11-22 Created: 2022-11-22 Last updated: 2023-09-25Bibliographically approved
Alpenberg, J. & Wnuk-Pel, T. (2022). Environmental performance measurement in a Swedish municipality – Motives and stages. Journal of Cleaner Production, 370, Article ID 133502.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Environmental performance measurement in a Swedish municipality – Motives and stages
2022 (English)In: Journal of Cleaner Production, ISSN 0959-6526, E-ISSN 1879-1786, Vol. 370, article id 133502Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In this paper we study the motives behind sustainability strategy implementation and how the performance measurement system (PMS) is modified during different development stages in a municipal organization. We use a case study approach and focus on one of the greenest municipalities in Europe, Växjö municipality in Sweden. With empirical results supporting the existence of several phases during the implementation process, our research offers two important contributions. First, it provides additional insight in the set of motives for the use of PMS during different development phases. Main stakeholders, politicians and managers of municipal departments and municipality owned companies, have revealed several “layers” of motives, which have shaped the development of the PMS. Second, the research also show that the PMS has a noticeable symbolic importance in promoting and communicating the green strategy to citizens and businesses in the region.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2022
Keywords
performance measurement system, sustainability strategy implementation, environmental strategy, motivation, development phases, municipality
National Category
Business Administration
Research subject
Economy, Ekonomistyrning
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-96264 (URN)10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133502 (DOI)000844929700002 ()2-s2.0-85136321802 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2022-08-11 Created: 2022-08-11 Last updated: 2023-01-03Bibliographically approved
Alpenberg, J., Scarbrough, P. D., Ericsson, J. & Eliasson, N. (2022). Sustainability dimensions in product development in Swedish manufacturing companies. In: Presented at the 17th Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association Annual Conference (APMAA 2022), Bangkok, Thailand, November 9-11, 2022: . Paper presented at 17th Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association Annual Conference (APMAA 2022), Bangkok, Thailand, November 9-11, 2022. Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Sustainability dimensions in product development in Swedish manufacturing companies
2022 (English)In: Presented at the 17th Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association Annual Conference (APMAA 2022), Bangkok, Thailand, November 9-11, 2022, Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association , 2022Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This study explores how Swedish manufacturing companies integrate sustainability into their product development process. We study the driving forces behind the decision to develop sustainability strategies and the factors that influence the integration of sustainability into product development. The primary conclusion is that the concept of sustainability has entered the Swedish business culture and become a normative part of the decision ecology to an extent greater than what is mandated by legal requirements. All the actors that we investigate in this study (owners, top managers, employees, suppliers, customers) appear to be pushing for enhanced sustainability. Nonetheless, the main, and most powerful, impetus is very clearly from top management or owners rather than the other actors. This is consistent with an evolving notion that sustainability in the environmental sense is now felt to be related to financial sustainability. Thus, the elite sectors of business (top managers and owners) appear to be imbuing their planning with additional aspects, such as sustainability, as the societal awareness of the connections between forms of sustainability develop. Additionally, we reveal differences based on organization size in terms of how they attempt to implement sustainable new product designs. Smaller companies tend to use more intuitive approaches while larger companies use more "standardized" and globally known "methods," in part because they may be more tightly connected with the global business knowledge ecosystems which tend to evolve and propagate "methods" or "tools."

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association, 2022
Keywords
sustainability dimensions, product development, manufacturing companies
National Category
Business Administration
Research subject
Economy, Ekonomistyrning
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-117651 (URN)
Conference
17th Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association Annual Conference (APMAA 2022), Bangkok, Thailand, November 9-11, 2022
Available from: 2022-11-22 Created: 2022-11-22 Last updated: 2023-09-25Bibliographically approved
Alpenberg, J. & Scarbrough, P. (2021). Practice theory in a collaborative context. Journal of Business Research, 123, 415-422
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Practice theory in a collaborative context
2021 (English)In: Journal of Business Research, ISSN 0148-2963, E-ISSN 1873-7978, Vol. 123, p. 415-422Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This paper reports on the nature of dispersed and integrative practices (Schatzki, 1996) in collaborative work. Working in collaboration is becoming more common across organizations and a research topic across domains. We use the situation of changes in the use of collaboration to investigate the dispersed-integrative concept using in-depth interviews and observations in organizations employing the same high collaboration work method (Lean Production, LP).

We show that it was the introduction of collaborative work that was followed by the binding of the dispersed practice with the integrative practice to form a new integrative practice containing the social component.  This result has implications for research and for practice. In general, it supports the importance of the practice theory lens in study of organizations as a generator of novel insight. It also moves practice theory forward by developing theory about changes in dispersed and integrative practices and their relation to each other.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2021
Keywords
practice theory, collaborative work, dispersed and integrative practices, lean production
National Category
Business Administration
Research subject
Economy, Business administration; Technology (byts ev till Engineering), Industrial economy
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-94710 (URN)10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.09.046 (DOI)000599608000013 ()2-s2.0-85092473131 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2020-09-24 Created: 2020-09-24 Last updated: 2022-05-17Bibliographically approved
Alpenberg, J. (2020). Motives and structure behind capital investments in ice hockey arenas – the Swedish way. Sport in Society: Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce, 23(3), 416-432
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Motives and structure behind capital investments in ice hockey arenas – the Swedish way
2020 (English)In: Sport in Society: Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce, ISSN 1743-0437, E-ISSN 1743-0445, Vol. 23, no 3, p. 416-432Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

An unprecedented number of large ice hockey arenas were built in Sweden between 2000-2014. This study explores the motives and rationale behind these capital investments in Swedish ice hockey arenas. Based on a multiple data gathering methods, this research conclude that capital investments in sport arenas are primarily driven by the need for rationalization and improvement of events, increasing societal image building through sport and an increasing focus on social enrichment in the competition for attracting citizens and companies to municipalities. Close collaborations between local politicians, club executives and entrepreneurs have provided creative financial solutions for the new arenas. The ice hockey arena projects have been legitimized from a societal perspective through either overly optimistic or manipulated sophisticated capital investment methods, which provided the necessary support for the political decision rationale that has been dominating these projects. A consequence of the arena projects, is an increased commercialization and professionalization of Swedish hockey.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis Group, 2020
Keywords
Capital investment structure, Sport arenas, Societal legitimization
National Category
Business Administration
Research subject
Economy, Ekonomistyrning
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-81346 (URN)10.1080/17430437.2020.1696527 (DOI)000500099700001 ()2-s2.0-85076112658 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2019-11-20 Created: 2019-11-20 Last updated: 2021-05-07Bibliographically approved
Alpenberg, J. & Scarbrough, P. (2019). An examination of strategic change and management control systems in two contexts. In: Presented at the 15th Asia Pacific Management Accounting Association Annual Conference, Doha, Qatar, November 2-5, 2019: . Paper presented at The 15th Asia Pacific Management Accounting Association Annual Conference, Doha, Qatar, November 2-5, 2019. Asia Pacific Management Accounting Association
Open this publication in new window or tab >>An examination of strategic change and management control systems in two contexts
2019 (English)In: Presented at the 15th Asia Pacific Management Accounting Association Annual Conference, Doha, Qatar, November 2-5, 2019, Asia Pacific Management Accounting Association , 2019Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

We examine the relationship between strategic change and management control in Canadian and Swedish health care organizations. Prior research leads us to believe that strategic changes i.e. Lean Healthcare or different Costing Methods, create significant frictions between financial and operational management. This study examines a set of strategic changes to learn how these issues impact the organization and employees involved. The Canadian (Ontario) and Swedish context allows us to examine the variety of responses to the interaction of Lean Healthcare as a strategy and traditional MASs.

Our results reveal differences between the Swedish and Ontario hospitals that call into question assumptions underlaying our concept of MCS.  We show that Ontario hospitals MCSs and operations are loosely coupled, while in contrast, Swedish hospitals have MCSs that are firmly connected to daily operations. We speculate that the difference in the employment status of physicians is an important factor in the results. Ontario physicians are independent contractors paid by the province (a single payer system), but who make treatment decisions that must be implemented by the hospital. Swedish physicians, on the other hand, are employees of the hospital. Thus, Ontario hospitals have significant portions of their operating decisions made by people who are not employees, and who have financial incentives to make decisions contrary to both the financial needs of the hospital and the health of the patient.

This result extends prior research by revealing how different elements of control impact the organization and we contribute to explaining contradictory results in the literature.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Asia Pacific Management Accounting Association, 2019
Keywords
Field Study, Lean Health Care, MAS, Communication, Control
National Category
Business Administration
Research subject
Economy, Ekonomistyrning
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-84474 (URN)
Conference
The 15th Asia Pacific Management Accounting Association Annual Conference, Doha, Qatar, November 2-5, 2019
Available from: 2019-11-06 Created: 2019-11-06 Last updated: 2019-11-18Bibliographically approved
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