Marcela Porporato
School of Administrative Studies
Associate Professor
Office: Atkinson College, 251A
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext: 22874
Email: porpomar@yorku.ca
My research focuses on the role of management control systems in turbulent environments, whether they are characterized as new organizational forms such as strategic alliances or joint ventures or characterized as unstable macroeconomic environments such as those of regional economies in developing countries. My work has been exposed in internationally recognized conferences and published in various academic journals.
Degrees
PhD, IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, SpainPhD, UNC, Argentina
MSAcc, Suffolk University, USA
BA, Accounting, UNC, Argentina
BA, Business Administration, UNC, Argentina
Research Interests
Current Research Projects
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Description:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1195316
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Description:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=920874
Porporato, M. (2009) . Preparer of the End-of-Chapter materials for chapters 21, 23 and 24 of the textbook: Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, fifth Canadian Edition (leading author Charles Horngren), Pearson Education.
Porporato, M. (2014) . “Commentary on Bryer’s "Conscious practices and purposive action: A qualitative study of accounting and social change"”. Critical Perspectives in Accounting, Vol. 25, pp 104-114. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1045235413000671
Caro, N., M. Diaz and M. Porporato (2013). “Predicción de Quiebras Empresariales: Uso de un Modelo Logístico Mixto en Argentina” Revista de Metodos Cuantitativos para la Economia y la Empresa, Vol. 16 (December), pp. 200-215. http://www.upo.es/RevMetCuant/pdf/vol16/art84.pdf
Porporato, M. (2012) . “Management Control Systems and Joint Venture Performance: a contingency approach to parent’s contribution”. Journal of Accounting, Business and Management, Vol 19, Nº1 http://jabm.stie-mce.ac.id/?page=international&detail=yes&id=2-191-1
Porporato, M and E. Werbin (2012). “Evidence of Sticky Costs in Banks of Argentina, Brazil and Canada”, International Journal of Financial Services Management, 2012, vol. 5, issue 4, pages 303-320. http://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=48834
Marin Vinuesa, L., E. Werbin and M. Porporato, M. (2011) . “Cost behavior in manufacturing industries in Spain: An Application (in Spanish)”. Revista de Dirección y Administración de Empresas, Nº18, December, pp. 173-187. http://www.enpresa-donostia.ehu.es/p256-content/es/contenidos/informacion/euempss_revista/es_revista/adjuntos/18_11.pdf
Porporato, M. and N. Garcia (2011). "Management control Systems: An Empirical Exploratory Study of its Effect on Organizational Performance (in Spanish)". Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración, Nº47, pp 61-77. http://revistaacademia.uniandes.edu.co/index.php/Cladea/issue/view/57/showToc
Porporato, M. and P.T.Robbins (2010). “Privatisation and Corporate Governance in Emerging Economies: What Went Wrong with Aguas Argentinas S.A.?”. International Journal of Economics and Business Research, Vol. 2, Nº 3/4, pp.187–209. http://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=32292
Porporato, M. (2010) . “Balanced Scorecard design preferences according to subjects’ expertise and purpose of use“. International Journal of Behavioral Accounting and Finance, special issue on Behavioral Accounting, vol 1 (3), pp 182-206. http://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=31315
Porporato, M. (2009) . “Timing and Drivers of Management Control Systems in Joint Ventures: The effect on JV survival”. Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management, vol 6 (4), pp 247-274. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1176-6093&volume=6&issue=4&articleid=1812445&show=abstract
Porporato, M. and J. Parkinson (2008). “An empirical Research on the Factors that Affect the BSC Measures’ Selection”, Revista Iberoamericana de Contabilidad de Gestión, vol 6 (12), pp 105-126. http://www.observatorio-iberoamericano.org/RICG/Nº_12/Marcela_Porporato_y_John_Parkinson.pdf
Porporato, M., M. Basabe and J. Arellano (2008). "Commonality and Standardization of Balanced Scorecard's Measures Across Perspectives". Journal of the International Institute of Costs, vol 2, pp 113-131. http://www.revistaiic.org/articulos/num2/articulo6_esp.pdf
Waweru, N. and M. Porporato (2008). “Performance Measurement practices in Canadian government departments: a survey”. International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation, Vol 5 (2), pp 183-202. http://www.inderscience.com/search/index.php?action=record&rec_id=20849&prevQuery=&ps=10&m=or
Parkinson, J., P. Tsasis and M. Porporato (2007). “A Critical Review of Financial Measures as Reported on the Ontario Hospital Balanced Scorecard”. Journal of Healthcare Finance, vol 34 (2), pp 45-56.
Sandin, A. and M. Porporato (2007). “Corporate Bankruptcy Prediction Models Applied to Emerging Economies: Evidence from Argentina in the years 1991-1998,” International Journal of Commerce and Management, vol. 17 (4), pp 295-311. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1056-9219&volume=17&issue=4&articleid=1640798&show=html
Approach to Teaching
I investigates the design of management control systems in international joint ventures and in family owned businesses in Argentina. My teaching in cost accounting, management planning and control systems, performance measurement and incentive systems benefits from my professional experience in South America, Europe and North America.
My research focuses on the role of management control systems in turbulent environments, whether they are characterized as new organizational forms such as strategic alliances or joint ventures or characterized as unstable macroeconomic environments such as those of regional economies in developing countries. My work has been exposed in internationally recognized conferences and published in various academic journals.
Degrees
PhD, IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, SpainPhD, UNC, Argentina
MSAcc, Suffolk University, USA
BA, Accounting, UNC, Argentina
BA, Business Administration, UNC, Argentina
Research Interests
Current Research Projects
-
Description:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1195316
-
Description:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=920874
All Publications
Porporato, M. (2009) . Preparer of the End-of-Chapter materials for chapters 21, 23 and 24 of the textbook: Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, fifth Canadian Edition (leading author Charles Horngren), Pearson Education.
Porporato, M. (2014) . “Commentary on Bryer’s "Conscious practices and purposive action: A qualitative study of accounting and social change"”. Critical Perspectives in Accounting, Vol. 25, pp 104-114. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1045235413000671
Caro, N., M. Diaz and M. Porporato (2013). “Predicción de Quiebras Empresariales: Uso de un Modelo Logístico Mixto en Argentina” Revista de Metodos Cuantitativos para la Economia y la Empresa, Vol. 16 (December), pp. 200-215. http://www.upo.es/RevMetCuant/pdf/vol16/art84.pdf
Porporato, M. (2012) . “Management Control Systems and Joint Venture Performance: a contingency approach to parent’s contribution”. Journal of Accounting, Business and Management, Vol 19, Nº1 http://jabm.stie-mce.ac.id/?page=international&detail=yes&id=2-191-1
Porporato, M and E. Werbin (2012). “Evidence of Sticky Costs in Banks of Argentina, Brazil and Canada”, International Journal of Financial Services Management, 2012, vol. 5, issue 4, pages 303-320. http://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=48834
Marin Vinuesa, L., E. Werbin and M. Porporato, M. (2011) . “Cost behavior in manufacturing industries in Spain: An Application (in Spanish)”. Revista de Dirección y Administración de Empresas, Nº18, December, pp. 173-187. http://www.enpresa-donostia.ehu.es/p256-content/es/contenidos/informacion/euempss_revista/es_revista/adjuntos/18_11.pdf
Porporato, M. and N. Garcia (2011). "Management control Systems: An Empirical Exploratory Study of its Effect on Organizational Performance (in Spanish)". Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración, Nº47, pp 61-77. http://revistaacademia.uniandes.edu.co/index.php/Cladea/issue/view/57/showToc
Porporato, M. and P.T.Robbins (2010). “Privatisation and Corporate Governance in Emerging Economies: What Went Wrong with Aguas Argentinas S.A.?”. International Journal of Economics and Business Research, Vol. 2, Nº 3/4, pp.187–209. http://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=32292
Porporato, M. (2010) . “Balanced Scorecard design preferences according to subjects’ expertise and purpose of use“. International Journal of Behavioral Accounting and Finance, special issue on Behavioral Accounting, vol 1 (3), pp 182-206. http://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=31315
Porporato, M. (2009) . “Timing and Drivers of Management Control Systems in Joint Ventures: The effect on JV survival”. Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management, vol 6 (4), pp 247-274. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1176-6093&volume=6&issue=4&articleid=1812445&show=abstract
Porporato, M. and J. Parkinson (2008). “An empirical Research on the Factors that Affect the BSC Measures’ Selection”, Revista Iberoamericana de Contabilidad de Gestión, vol 6 (12), pp 105-126. http://www.observatorio-iberoamericano.org/RICG/Nº_12/Marcela_Porporato_y_John_Parkinson.pdf
Porporato, M., M. Basabe and J. Arellano (2008). "Commonality and Standardization of Balanced Scorecard's Measures Across Perspectives". Journal of the International Institute of Costs, vol 2, pp 113-131. http://www.revistaiic.org/articulos/num2/articulo6_esp.pdf
Waweru, N. and M. Porporato (2008). “Performance Measurement practices in Canadian government departments: a survey”. International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation, Vol 5 (2), pp 183-202. http://www.inderscience.com/search/index.php?action=record&rec_id=20849&prevQuery=&ps=10&m=or
Parkinson, J., P. Tsasis and M. Porporato (2007). “A Critical Review of Financial Measures as Reported on the Ontario Hospital Balanced Scorecard”. Journal of Healthcare Finance, vol 34 (2), pp 45-56.
Sandin, A. and M. Porporato (2007). “Corporate Bankruptcy Prediction Models Applied to Emerging Economies: Evidence from Argentina in the years 1991-1998,” International Journal of Commerce and Management, vol. 17 (4), pp 295-311. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1056-9219&volume=17&issue=4&articleid=1640798&show=html
Approach to Teaching
I investigates the design of management control systems in international joint ventures and in family owned businesses in Argentina. My teaching in cost accounting, management planning and control systems, performance measurement and incentive systems benefits from my professional experience in South America, Europe and North America.