Performance measure congruity and the balanced scorecard

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 515-539

  Budde, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 34247351633     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2007.00246.x     Document Type: Article

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