The role of budgets in organizations facing strategic change: An exploratory study

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-204

  Abernethy, Margaret A ^a   Brownell, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0000350804     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-3682(98)00059-2     Document Type: Article

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