Commenting on a commentary? Making methodological choices in accounting

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 232-247

  Quattrone, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accounting; Methodology; Narratives; Reflexivity; Story telling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742271976     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1045-2354(03)00066-2     Document Type: Note

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