The rise of modern accounting and the fall of the public company: The Lancashire cotton mills 1870-1914

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 61-84

  Toms, J S ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 10644289420     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-3682(00)00006-4     Document Type: Article

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