Performance measurement systems and their relation to strategic learning: A case study in a software-developing organization

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 118-133

  Fried, Andrea ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Application; Change; Deutero learning; Double loop learning; Inertia; Intangible resource; Performance measurement system; Single loop learning; Strategic learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 74649086462     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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