CIMA announces funding of four new research projects

21 January 2005

The successful projects are:

• 'The benefits of E-business performance measurement systems', Dr D Barnes from Royal Holloway
• 'Impact of linkage between PMS and executive risk behaviour rewards', Dr M Bourne from the Cranfield School of Management
• 'The balancing act in hospital performance measurement: A comparison of UK and New Zealand approaches', Professor D Northcott and S Llewellyn from the Auckland University of Technology
• 'Performance measurement systems in action', Professor D Otley from Lancaster University.

Charles Tilley, CIMA Chief Executive, said:

"CIMA's reputation as a leading authority on management accounting is built in part on its commitment to fund research through initiatives and ad hoc proposals." If you are interested in finding out about more about CIMA research, please refer to our website at http://www.cimaglobal.com/.

Notes to editors

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