A 'time' space odyssey': Management control systems in two multinational organisations

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 735-764

  Quattrone, Paolo ^a   Hopper, Trevor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 23844534498     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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