The role of actor-networks and boundary objects in management accounting change: A field study of an implementation of activity-based costing

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 237-269

  Briers, Michael ^a   Wai, Fong Chua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 0035315634     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-3682(00)00029-5     Document Type: Article

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