Management accounting and corporate governance: An institutional interpretation of the agency problem

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 389-408

  Seal, Will ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Corporate governance; Institutional theory; Management accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749676802     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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