Management accounting practices in the Greek hospitality industry

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-98

  Pavlatos, Odysseas ^a   Paggios, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Hotels; Management accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 59949101812     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900910919910     Document Type: Article

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