The diffusion of activity-based costing in Jordanian industrial companies

Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-200

  Nassar, Mahmoud ^a   Al Khadash, Husam Aldeen ^b   Sangster, Alan ^c  

^a APPLIED SCIENCE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity based costs; Developing countries; Diffusion; Industry; Jordan; Semi structured interviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959625673     PISSN: 11766093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/11766091111137573     Document Type: Article

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