The accounting system and resource allocation reform in a public university

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 196-204

  Spathis, Charalambos ^a   Ananiadis, John ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accounting; Accounting systems; Greece; Resource allocation; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844441840     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540410527194     Document Type: Article

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