Management control in the transfer pricing tax compliant multinational enterprise

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 603-628

  Cools, Martine ^a   Emmanuel, Clive ^b   Jorissen, Ann ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 44849086493     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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