Managing implementation processes: The role of public managers in the implementation of accrual accounting - Evidence from six case studies in Germany

Public Management Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-118

  Ridder, Hans Gerd ^a   Bruns, Hans Jürgen ^a   Spier, Fabian ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accrual accounting; Case study; Dynamic capabilities; Implementation processes; Public managers; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745685678     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030500518857     Document Type: Article

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