Nonfinancial performance measures, externalities and target setting: A comparative case study of resolutions through planning

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-39

  Hansen, Allan ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Case studies; Coordination; Manufacturing; Nonfinancial performance measures; Planning; Target setting

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749117044     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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