Radical Change, Accounting and Public Sector Reforms: A Comparison of Italian and Canadian Municipalities

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 437-463

  Liguori, Mariannunziata ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accounting change; archetype theory; Canada; Italy; municipalities; NPM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887514603     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2012.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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