The decision-influencing use of performance measurement systems in relationships between headquarters and subsidiaries

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-148

  Dossi, Andrea ^a   Patelli, Lorenzo ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BENEDICTINE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus group; Multinational companies; Performance measurement systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 42549173661     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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