Management control without budgets: A field study of 'Beyond Budgeting' in practice

European Accounting Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 149-181

  Østergren, Katarina ^a   Stensaker, Inger ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

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EID: 79956328959     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180903487842     Document Type: Article

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