An institutional perspective on performance measurement and management in the 'new public sector'

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 281-306

  Brignall, Stan ^a   Modell, Sven ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Performance measurement of management; new public sector; insitutional theory; balance; integration; decoupling; key stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007220594     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mare.2000.0136     Document Type: Article

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