Redesigning variance analysis for problem solving

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-40

  Emsley, David ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Change; Innovation; Variance analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007886206     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mare.2000.0138     Document Type: Article

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