Different open book accounting practices for different purchasing strategies

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 147-166

  Agndal, Henrik ^a   Nilsson, Ulf ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cost management; Open book accounting; Purchasing strategy; Relationship; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955427052     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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