Lease and service for product life-cycle management: An accounting perspective

International Journal of Accounting & Information Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 214-230

  Qian, Wei ^a   Burritt, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting standards; Asset depreciation; Closed loop; Finance; Leasing; Product life cycle management; Residual value; Selling

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255211519     PISSN: 18347649     EISSN: 17589037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18347641111169232     Document Type: Article

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