Tracing performance in the pharmaceutical industry: Ambivalence, opacity and the performativity of flawed measures

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 428-455

  Dambrin, Claire ^a   Robson, Keith ^b  

^a HEC PARIS   (France)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80054104025     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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