Management accounting change in South Africa: Case studies from retail services

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 675-704

  Maina Waweru, Nelson ^a   Hoque, Zahirul ^b   Uliana, Enrico ^c  

^a UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY AFRICA   (Kenya)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Contingency planning; Developing countries; Management accounting; Retailers; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986042657     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570410567773     Document Type: Article

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