Efficient accounting systems: Justifying us accounting practice in an unregulated commercial environment

Accounting History

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-139

  McMillan, Keith P ^a  

^a ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting systems; Dockery Commission; Governmental reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949087013     PISSN: 10323732     EISSN: 17493374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/103237329800300106     Document Type: Article

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