Modern costing innovations and legitimation: A health care study

Abacus

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-20

  Arnaboldi, Michela ^a   Lapsley, Irvine ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABC; Gift relationship; Health care; Organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042741558     PISSN: 00013072     EISSN: 14676281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6281.2004.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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