Environmental hostility, strategic orientation and the importance of management accounting - An empirical analysis of new technology-based firms

Technovation

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 725-738

  Löfsten, Hans ^a   Lindelöf, Peter ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental hostility; Management accounting; New technology based firms; Strategic orientation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COST ACCOUNTING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; MANAGERS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

ENVIRONMENTAL HOSTILITY; MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING; NEW TECHNOLOGY-BASED FIRMS; STRATEGIC ORIENTATION;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 13244273717     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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