Institutionalization and practice variation in the management control of a global/local setting

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-117

  Cruz, Inês ^a   Major, Maria ^b   Scapens, Robert W ^c  

^a Instituto Superior de Gestão   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Hospitality management; Joint ventures; Management accounting; Portugal

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849149478     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570910923024     Document Type: Article

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