There and Back Again: Doing Interventionist Research in Management Accounting

Handbooks of Management Accounting Research

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 373-397

  Jönsson, Sten ^a   Lukka, Kari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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EID: 34249775437     PISSN: 17513243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1751-3243(06)01015-7     Document Type: Review

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