The impact of the corporate balanced scorecard on corporate control-A research note

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 265-277

  Kraus, Kalle ^a   Lind, Johnny ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Capital market pressure; Corporate balanced scorecard; Corporate control; Financial focus

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958152556     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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