Organizational identity and management accounting change

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 345-376

  Abrahamsson, Gun ^a   Englund, Hans ^a   Gerdin, Jonas ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corporate identity; Corporate image; Management accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952763055     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513571111124045     Document Type: Article

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