Interest Lost: The Rise and Fall of a Balanced Scorecard Project in Sri Lanka

Advances in Public Interest Accounting

Volumn 13, Issue , 2007, Pages 237-271

  Wickramasinghe, Danture ^a   Gooneratne, Tharusha ^a   Jayakody, J A S K ^a  

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EID: 34548414043     PISSN: 10417060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1041-7060(07)13009-1     Document Type: Review

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