TOP MANAGEMENT INVOLVEMENT IN R&D BUDGET SETTING: THE IMPORTANCE OF FINANCIAL FACTORS, BUDGET TARGETS, AND R&D PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

Advances in Management Accounting

Volumn 11, Issue , 2003, Pages 191-206

  Dunk, Alan S ^a   Kilgore, Alan ^a  

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EID: 33845910047     PISSN: 14747871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-7871(02)11008-2     Document Type: Review

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