Cost accounting in the shipbuilding, engineering and metals industries of the West of Scotland, 'The Workshop of the Empire', c1900-1960

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 195-211

  Fleming, A I M ^a   McKinstry, S ^a   Wallace, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 23844458520     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2000.9728936     Document Type: Article

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