Market competition, management accounting systems and business unit performance

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-158

  Mia, Lokman ^a   Clarke, Brian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Business unit performance; Intensity of competition; Management accounting systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033147860     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mare.1998.0097     Document Type: Article

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