Intra-organisational influences in procurement networks controls: The impacts of information technology

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-170

  Cuganesan, Suresh ^a   Lee, Robert ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Morgan Stanley ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

e Procurement; Management control; Supplier management; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646375943     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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