Continuity and change in British cost accounting development: The case of Hawthorn Ieslie, shipbuilders and engineers, 1886-1914

British Accounting Review

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-121

  McLean, Thomas ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change; Continuity; Cost accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33144489936     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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