The multiplicity of controls and the making of innovation

European Accounting Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 341-369

  Revellino, Silvana ^a   Mouritsen, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

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EID: 75249090848     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180802681529     Document Type: Article

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