Transferring knowledge across sub-genres of the ABC implementation literature

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-162

  Englund, Hans ^a   Gerdin, Jonas ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ABC; Implementation; Management accounting; Politics; Power; Process factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649138212     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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