Human resource allocation in a CPA firm: A fuzzy set approach

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-290

  Kwak, Wikil ^a   Shi, Yong ^a   Jung, Kooyul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

A fuzzy set; Accounting firm; Human resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844563658     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: 15737179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023676529552     Document Type: Article

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