Dealing with uncertainty in knowledge-intensive firms: The role of management control systems as knowledge integration mechanisms

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 401-421

  Ditillo, Angelo ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 1342286357     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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