Towards explaining stability in and around management accounting systems

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 141-166

  Granlund, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Institutional theory; MAS development; Resistance to change; Stability; Structuration theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000437716     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mare.2000.0151     Document Type: Article

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