Making business partners: A case study on how management accounting culture was changed

European Accounting Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-142

  Järvenpää, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

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EID: 34547517306     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180701265903     Document Type: Article

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