The development of industrial accounting in Britain and France before 1880: a comparative study of accounting literature and practice1

European Accounting Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 393-437

  Boyns, Trevor ^a   Edwards, John Richard ^a   Nikitin, Marc ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

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DOI: 10.1080/713764730     Document Type: Article

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