Empirical managerial accounting research: are we just describing management consulting practice?

European Accounting Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 787-794

  Ittner, Christopher ^a   Larcker, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 33646576720     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963818022000047082     Document Type: Article

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