Management Accounting Information in Vietnamese Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

  • Oanh Le T
  • Bui T
  • Tran M
N/ACitations
Citations of this article
14Readers
Mendeley users who have this article in their library.

Abstract

The small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam play an increasingly important role in the economy by the amount (representing 97.7% of Vietnam firms), contribute economic development and create more employment opportunities. However, because of economic crisis, financial downturn, unhealthy competitions, free trade agreements and others, the number of SMEs recently is downsizing in firm size, human resources and more and more SMEs go bankruptcy in the context of Vietnam. This situation may be due to the enterprise use ineffective management accounting tools.This article reviews and assesses the creation and use of management accounting information which has an important part to play with respect to planning, decision-making, monitoring and controlling of the activities of SMEs in Vietnam. Data collected from a posted survey of five enterprises with twenty two interviews of directors, chief accountants and management accountants. The results show that management accounting information has not really been interested from managers and accountants. Management accounting information is weak in quantity and poor in quality; administrators are operating firms primarily based on personal experiences. Therefore, management accounting information has not been promoted in the management, monitoring and decision making of SMEs in Vietnam. The addition of management accounting knowledge for managers and accountants is necessary for development of SMEs.

Cite

CITATION STYLE

APA

Oanh Le, T. T., Bui, T. N., & Tran, M. D. (2017). Management Accounting Information in Vietnamese Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. Accounting and Finance Research, 7(1), 130. https://doi.org/10.5430/afr.v7n1p130

Register to see more suggestions

Mendeley helps you to discover research relevant for your work.

Already have an account?

Save time finding and organizing research with Mendeley

Sign up for free