Cost accounting, controlling labour and the rise of conglomerates

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 5-6, 1991, Pages 405-438

  Hopper, Trevor ^a   Armstrong, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001243651     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0361-3682(91)90037-F     Document Type: Article

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