Decentralizing decision making in modularization strategies: Overcoming barriers from dysfunctional accounting systems

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 453-462

  Israelsen, Poul ^a   Jørgensen, Brian ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accounting; Cost allocation; Decentralization; Decision rule; Modularization

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; COST ALLOCATION; DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION RULE; MODULARIZATIONS;

DEPRECIATION; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 79954418230     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.12.020     Document Type: Article

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