Management Accounting. Issues in interpreting its nature and change

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-149

  Busco, Cristiano ^a   Quattrone, Paolo ^b   Riccaboni, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b CHRIST CHURCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change and stability; Heteromogeneity; Management accounting; Nature of management accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249713261     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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