The interrelationship between management control mechanisms and strategy

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 425-452

  Kober, Ralph ^a   Ng, Juliana ^b   Paul, Byron J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Interactive controls; Management control systems; Strategic change; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748941345     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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