Accounting and the birth of the notion of capitalism

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-296

  Chiapello, Eve ^a  

^a HEC PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Accounting; Capitalism; Double entry bookkeeping; Karl Marx; Werner Sombart

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847020511     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2005.11.012     Document Type: Article

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