Recounting counting and accounting. From political arithmetic to measuring intangibles and back

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 835-846

  Mårtensson, Maria ^a  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Conception of human nature; Human capital; Human resource costing and accounting; Humans; Intangibles; Intellectual capital; Management control; Measurements; Political arithmetic

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149110184     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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