The balance on the balanced scorecard - A critical analysis of some of its assumptions

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-88

  Nørreklit, Hanne ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

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EID: 0002520520     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mare.1999.0121     Document Type: Article

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