Tracking the numbers: Across accounting and finance, organizations and markets

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 619-637

  Vollmer, Hendrik ^a   Mennicken, Andrea ^b   Preda, Alex ^c  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67349163794     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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