Management accounting and the challenge of strategic focus

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 487-506

  Seal, Willie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autopoiesis; Management accounting; Organizational change; System differentiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035647925     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mare.2001.0167     Document Type: Article

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