The History of Management Accounting in the U.S.

Handbooks of Management Accounting Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1071-1089

  Fleischman, Richard ^a   Tyson, Thomas ^b  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 66049121727     PISSN: 17513243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1751-3243(06)02022-0     Document Type: Review

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