The development of costing in the British chemical industry, c.1870-c.1940

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-24

  Boyns, Trevor ^a   Matthews, Mark ^a   Edwards, John Richard ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 57349186023     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2004.9729948     Document Type: Article

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