Merchants' accounts, performance assessment and decision making in mercantilist Britain

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 551-570

  Edwards, John Richard ^a   Dean, Graeme ^b   Clarke, Frank ^b,c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 67349135998     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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