Diffusion of innovation and business size: A longitudinal study of PACIA

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 900-916

  Askarany, Davood ^a   Smith, Malcolm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity based costs; Australia; Diffusion; Innovation; Management accounting; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149119424     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900810908445     Document Type: Article

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