Accounting for flexibility and efficiency: A field study of management control systems in a restaurant chain;Souplesse et efficience: Une étude sur le terrain des systèmes de contrôle de gestion d'une chaîne de restauration

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 271-301

  Ahrens, Thomas ^a   Chapman, Christopher S ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enabling control; Field study; Flexibility and efficiency; Management control systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042528698     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/VJR6-RP75-7GUX-XH0X     Document Type: Article

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