Perceived environmental uncertainty, supply chain purchasing strategy, and use of MAS information: An empirical study of Finnish firms

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 913-927

  Agbejule, Adebayo ^a   Burrowes, Ashley ^b  

^a Vaasa University of Applied Sciences   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting systems; Finland; Management accounting; Supplier relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848859351     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900710829417     Document Type: Article

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