Stability and change: An institutionalist study of management accounting change

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-73

  Siti Nabiha, A K ^a   Scapens, Robert W ^b,c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accounting; Change management; Value analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844377165     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570510584656     Document Type: Article

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