Accounting and the management of outsourcing: An empirical study in the hotel industry

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-181

  Lamminmaki, Dawne ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Tourism   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hotels; Management accounting; Outsourcing; Subcontracting

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649104362     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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