The Transformation of an Accounting System During Organisational Change: A Longitudinal Study

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-43

  Gurd, Bruce ^a   Thorne, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

accountability; activity based costing; organisational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 19644374036     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0408.00162     Document Type: Article

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