ABC: Adopters, supporters, deniers and unawares

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 981-1000

  Cohen, Sandra ^a   Venieris, George ^a   Kaimenaki, Efrosini ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Activity based costs; Cost accounting; Greece; Management accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044441534     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900510625325     Document Type: Article

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