Persuasion without numbers?: Public policy and the justification of capital charging in NHS trust hospitals

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-125

  Froud, Julie ^a   Shaoul, Jean ^a   Haslam, Colin ^b   Johal, Sukhdev ^b   Williams, Karel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 15344350411     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513579810207328     Document Type: Review

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