The case for post-modern management accounting: Thinking outside the box

Journal of Management Accounting Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-18

  Birnberg, Jacob G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 79961040347     PISSN: 10492127     EISSN: 15588033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/jmar.2009.21.1.3     Document Type: Article

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