Management Accounting Practices in the People's Republic of China

Handbooks of Management Accounting Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 923-967

  Chow, Chee W ^a   Duh, Rong Ruey ^b   Xiao, Jason Zezhong ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 66049138804     PISSN: 17513243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1751-3243(06)02019-0     Document Type: Review

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