Making an accounting entity: the case of the hospital in Finnish health care reforms

European Accounting Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-237

  Kurunmaki, Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0011139719     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096381899336005     Document Type: Article

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