Strategy and management control systems: A study of the design and use of management control systems following takeover

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-71

  Nilsson, Fredrik ^a  

^a LINKÖPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Business strategy; Contingency theory; Corporate strategy; Management control systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847064805     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-629X.00003     Document Type: Article

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