The effect of national culture on management control and incentive system design in multi-business firms: evidence of intracorporate isomorphism

European Accounting Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 263-285

  Van der Stede, Wim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 32544443652     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963818022000009859     Document Type: Article

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