Actor-networks and the diffusion of management accounting innovations: A comparative study

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Alcouffe, Simon ^a   Berland, Nicolas ^b   Levant, Yves ^c  

^a EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

ABC; Actor Network Theory; Diffusion; GP method; Innovation; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 40449140609     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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