A Review of the Literature on Capital Budgeting and Investment Appraisal: Past, Present, and Future Musings

Handbooks of Management Accounting Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 697-728

  Haka, Susan F ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 57049096214     PISSN: 17513243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1751-3243(06)02010-4     Document Type: Review

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