ASSESSING IT AS A KEY SUCCESS FACTOR FOR ACCRUAL ACCOUNTING IMPLEMENTATION IN GREEK MUNICIPALITIES

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-111

  Cohen, Sandra ^a   Kaimenaki, Efrosini ^a   Zorgios, Yannis ^b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b CLMS (UK) Ltd   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78751472614     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2007.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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