RT Journal Article T1 Extrinsic and intrinsic factors in the Balanced Scorecard adoption: An empirical study in Portuguese organizations A1 Quesado, Patricia Rodrigues A1 Aibar Guzmán, Beatriz A1 Rodrigues, Lúcia Maria Portela de Lima K1 Balanced Scorecard K1 Organizational factors K1 Environmental factors K1 Portuguese firms K1 Contingency Theory K1 Determining factors AB In this article we aim to analyze the relationship between a set of organizational extrinsic and intrinsicfactors and the adoption of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) by privately-owned Portuguese organizations(large companies and small and medium enterprises). These factors are related to companies age, thediversity of products and services, the nature of the ownership structure, the internationalization, and theorganizational size. As a primary means of data collection was carried out a postal survey through a ques-tionnaire sent to 549 privately-owned Portuguese organizations, with an overall response rate of 28.2%.The results indicate that the degree of diversity of the products/services of the organization, the owner-ship of foreign groups, and the organizational size are positively associated with the implementation ofthe BSC. Thus, we conclude that the BSC increases with the degree of diversity of the products/services ofthe organization, that the Portuguese organizations that use the BSC are mainly owned by foreign groups;and larger organizations are most likely to use this tool. PB Elsevier SN 2444-8451 YR 2016 FD 2016 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/22565 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/22565 LA eng NO Rodrigues Quesado, P., Aibar Guzmán, B., Lima Rodrigues, L. (2016). Extrinsic and intrinsic factors in the Balanced Scorecard adoption: An empirical study in Portuguese organizations, "European Journal of Managementand Business Economics", 25, 47-55 DS Minerva RD 24 abr 2026