Chandlerian image or mirror image? Managerial and accounting control in the chemical industry: The case of Albright and Wilson, c.1892 to c.1923

Business History

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 24-52

  Matthews, Mark ^a   Boyns, Trevor ^a   Edwards, John Richard ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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CAPITALISM; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

EID: 0142009589     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00076790312331270209     Document Type: Article

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