Managerial discourse and the link between theory and practice: From ROI to value-based management

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-109

  Seal, Will ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical discourse analysis; Managerial knowledge; Return on investment; Strategic management accounting; Value based management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952886173     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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