Why is research on management accounting change not explicitly evolutionary? Taking the next step in the conceptualisation of management accounting change

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-162

  Johansson, Tobias ^a   Siverbo, Sven ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Institutions; Management accounting change; Retention; Routines; Rules; Selection; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749114289     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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