Management accounting practices in the British food and drinks industry

British Food Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 336-357

  Abdel Kader, Magdy ^a   Luther, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food industry; Management accounting; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646541699     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700610661321     Document Type: Article

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