Institutional and negotiated order perspectives on cost allocations: The case of the Swedish university sector

European Accounting Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-251

  Modell, Sven ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 70449611754     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180500252144     Document Type: Article

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