Motives, diffusion and utilisation of the balanced scorecard in Denmark

International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-124

  Nielsen, Steen ^a   Sørensen, René ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

balanced scorecard; chain of cause and effect logic; Denmark; modern performance models; non financial performance measures; traditional models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845726248     PISSN: 17408008     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAAPE.2004.004145     Document Type: Article

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