Multiple Origins of Accounting? An Early Italian Example of the Development of Accounting for Managerial Purposes

European Accounting Review

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 367-401

  Antonelli, Valerio ^a   Boyns, Trevor ^b   Cerbioni, Fabrizio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 70449100107     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180600916275     Document Type: Article

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