Exploring management accounting change: The case of balanced scorecard implementation

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 323-343

  Kasurinen, Tommi ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Barriers to change; Change implementation; Management accounting change; Strategy implementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036750522     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mare.2002.0191     Document Type: Article

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