Measuring general managers' performances: Market, accounting and combination-of-measures systems

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 893-917

  Merchant, Kenneth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting systems; Balanced scorecard; General management; Market yield; Measurement; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750685680     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570610709917     Document Type: Article

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