Strategic investment decision making practices: A contextual approach

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 167-184

  Carr, Chris ^a   Kolehmainen, Katja ^b   Mitchell, Falconer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Contingency approach; Strategic investment decisions; Strategic management accounting; Telecommunications; Vehicle components

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955416256     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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