Stocks of knowledge, simplification and unintended consequences: The persistence of post-war accounting practices in UK agriculture

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-79

  Jack, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural accounting; Management consultancy; New institutionalism; Stocks of knowledge; Structuration theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544268601     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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