The balanced scorecard as an intellectual technology

Organization

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 249-273

  Edenius, Mats ^a   Hasselbladh, Hans ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Balanced Scorecard; Control; Discursive practice; Intellectual technology; Knowledge; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037793380     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508402009002399     Document Type: Article

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