The effect of network ties on accounting controls in a supply alliance: Field study evidence

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-86

  Chua, Wai Fong ^a   Mahama, Habib ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting controls in networks; Actor network theory; Performance management; Supply alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947689672     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/7156-201W-1290-83H4     Document Type: Article

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