Investment in advanced manufacturing technology: A study of practice in large U.K. Companies

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-284

  Abdel Kader, Magdy G ^a   Dugdale, David ^b  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

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

Author keywords

Advanced manufacturing technology (AMT); Capital investment decision; Intangible factors; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032162272     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mare.1998.0071     Document Type: Article

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