Knowledge balance sheets in Austrian universities: The implementation, use, and re-shaping of measurement and management practices

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 24, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 319-337

  Habersam, Michael ^a   Piber, Martin ^a   Skoog, Matti ^b  

^a INNSBRUCK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Austria)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accountability; Governance; Intellectual capital; Management Control; Performance measurement; Public Sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878114611     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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