Enterprise Resource Planning and a contest to limit the role of management accountants: A strong structuration perspective

Accounting Forum

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-45

  Jack, Lisa ^a   Kholeif, Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egypt; ERP systems; EU; Management accountants; Performance based budgeting; Structuration theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149109961     PISSN: 01559982     EISSN: 14676303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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