Management control systems in early-stage startup companies

Accounting Review

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 907-937

  Davila, Antonio ^a   Foster, George ^b  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Growth companies; Management accounting; Management control systems; Startup companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548245474     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2007.82.4.907     Document Type: Article

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