The politics of the balanced scorecard

Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 475-489

  Modell, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Management accounting; Organizational learning; Strategic management accounting; Strategic performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867784211     PISSN: 18325912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18325911211273482     Document Type: Review

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