'If only there were simple solutions, but there aren't': some reflections on Zimmerman's critique of empirical management accounting research

European Accounting Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 777-785

  Hopwood, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84919778955     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963818022000047073     Document Type: Article

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