Product innovation, budgetary control, and the financial performance of firms

British Accounting Review

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-111

  Dunk, Alan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Budgetary control; Financial performance; Product innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957878514     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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