Adoption of the balanced scorecard: A contingency variables analysis

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 124-138

  Hendricks, Kevin ^a   Hora, Manpreet ^b   Menor, Larry ^c   Wiedman, Christine ^d  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adoption of innovation; Balanced scorecard; Business strategy; Contingency variables; Management control systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873650355     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: 19364490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/CJAS.229     Document Type: Article

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