Accounting relativism: The unstable relationship between income measurement and theories of the firm

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 799-822

  Zambon, Stefano ^a   Zan, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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EID: 0034311842     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-3682(98)00035-X     Document Type: Article

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