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Budgeting in Times of Economic Crisis

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  • Sebastian D. Becker
  • Matthias D. Mahlendorf
  • Utz Schäffer
  • Mario Thaten

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This article examines how corporate reliance on budgets is affected by major changes in the economic environment. We combine survey and archival data from the economic crisis that began in 2008. The results indicate that budgeting became more important for planning and resource allocation but less important for performance evaluation in companies affected more strongly by the 2008 economic crisis. Additional evidence from interviews and data gathered in a focus group further illustrate these results and show the changes organizations have introduced to respond to the economic crisis. Taken together, and contrary to more general conclusions from the literature such as an overall increase or decrease in the importance of budgeting, we find that companies emphasize certain budgeting functions over others during economic crises.Les auteurs étudient l'incidence des changements majeurs dans l'environnement économique sur la mesure dans laquelle les sociétés s'appuient sur les budgets. Ils conjuguent sondage et données d'archives relativement à la crise économique qui s'est amorcée en 2008. Les résultats de leur analyse indiquent que l’établissement des budgets a gagné en importance dans la planification et l'affectation des ressources, mais qu'il a diminué en importance dans l’évaluation de la performance des sociétés plus fortement secouées par la crise économique de 2008. Des données supplémentaires tirées d'entrevues et de données recueillies auprès d'un groupe de discussion illustrent ces résultats de même que les modifications qu'ont instaurées les organisations en réaction à la crise économique. Dans l'ensemble, contrairement aux conclusions plus générales des travaux précédents quant à la hausse ou à la baisse globale de l'importance de l’établissement des budgets, les auteurs constatent que les sociétés privilégient certaines fonctions budgétaires plutôt que d'autres en contexte de crise économique.

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  • Sebastian D. Becker & Matthias D. Mahlendorf & Utz Schäffer & Mario Thaten, 2016. "Budgeting in Times of Economic Crisis," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 33(4), pages 1489-1517, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:coacre:v:33:y:2016:i:4:p:1489-1517
    DOI: 10.1111/1911-3846.12222
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