Impact of Competition and Taxes on Responsibility Center Organization and Transfer Prices

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 497-529

  Narayanan, V G ^a   Smith, Michael ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Organizational structure; Taxes; Transfer prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346985147     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/KAPX-YQTE-GJPT-7D64     Document Type: Article

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