Organization structure, competition and performance measurement systems and their joint effects on performance

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 84-104

  Lee, Chia Ling ^a   Yang, Huan Jung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Competition; Organization structure; Performance; Performance measurement systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956022507     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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