Management accounting systems adoption decisions: Evidence and performance implications from early-stage/startup companies

Accounting Review

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1039-1068

  Davila, Antonio ^a   Foster, George ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 27844455440     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2005.80.4.1039     Document Type: Review

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