Academic and practitioner rationality: The case of investment appraisal

The British Accounting Review

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 3-25

  Jones, T Colwyn ^a   Dugdale, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0003042243     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bare.1994.1003     Document Type: Article

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