MAGDY G. ABDEL-KADER is Chair of Management Accounting at University of Bedfordshire, UK, and the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Management Accounting Research. His main research interests include management accounting, performance management and capital investment decisions. He has published in international journals such as Management Accounting Research and British Accounting Review. He is a co-author of books on investment decision in AMT, enterprise resources planning (ERP), performance measurement of new product Development Teams and co-editor of a book on performance evaluation of shop floor workers.