Strategic cost management and performance: The case of environmental costs

British Accounting Review

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 269-282

  Henri, Jean François ^a   Boiral, Olivier ^a   Roy, Marie Josée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental costing; Strategic cost management; Tracking of environmental costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925264686     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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