Management accounting and corporate management: Insights into multinational hotel companies

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 364-379

  Mongiello, Marco ^a   Harris, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; General management; Hotel and catering industry; Management accounting; Multinational companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746349230     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110610673510     Document Type: Article

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