Lagging Effects of the Use of Activity-Based Costing on the Financial Performance of Small Firms

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 498-523

  Jänkälä, Sinikka ^a   Silvola, Hanna ^b  

^a University of Oulu   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

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EID: 84862874906     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2012.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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