A Weberian model applied to the study of accounting stagnation in late Qing China

Accounting, Business and Financial History

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-26

  Auyeung, Pak K ^a   Ivory, Paul ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting history; China; Qing; Weber

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344630204     PISSN: 09585206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585200210164566b     Document Type: Article

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