Responsibility cost control system in China: A case of management accounting application

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 447-467

  Lin, Z Jun ^a   Yu, Zengbiao ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese accounting; Cost management; Diffusion of management innovations; Management accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036892481     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mare.2002.0200     Document Type: Article

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