Forms of contingency fit in management accounting research - A critical review

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 303-326

  Gerdin, Jonas ^a   Greve, Jan ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

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EID: 1342265026     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-3682(02)00096-X     Document Type: Article

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