Creating a global network of shared service centres for accounting

Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 278-305

  Lindvall, Jan ^a   Iveroth, Einar ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ERP system; Finance function; Globalization; IT enabled management control change; Organizational restructuring; Organizational transformation; Shared service centre

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862757769     PISSN: 18325912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18325911111164213     Document Type: Article

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