Cost accounting in Finland: current practice and trends of development

European Accounting Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-28

  Lukka, Kari ^a   Granlund, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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EID: 0002739042     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638189600000001     Document Type: Article

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