Post-privatization performance and organizational changes: Case studies from Ghana

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 428-442

  Tsamenyi, Mathew ^a   Onumah, Joseph ^b   Tetteh Kumah, Edmund ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ghana)

^c Barclays Bank   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Ghana; Less developed countries; Performance evaluation; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952744220     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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