A tale of tar and feathering: The retail price inventory method and the Englishman

Accounting, Business and Financial History

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-140

  Jeacle, Ingrid ^a   Walsh, Eamonn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Department store; Foucault; Inventory control; Retail history; Retail price inventory method

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849099488     PISSN: 09585206     EISSN: 14664275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585200802058602     Document Type: Review

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