Costs and regulation in the U.K. telecommunications industry

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 137-165

  Bromwich, M ^a   Hong, C ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b KT Cooperation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Accounting separation; Hierarchical accounting systems and ABC; Joint costs; Regulated industries; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346438648     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mare.1999.0124     Document Type: Article

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