A field study of control system "redesign": The impact of institutional processes on strategic choice

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 569-606

  Abernethy, Margaret A ^a   Chua, Wai Fong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 0001060154     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.1996.tb00515.x     Document Type: Article

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