Accounting and the construction of the standard house

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 582-605

  Jeacle, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting history; Architecture; Estimation accounting; Responsibility; Standard costs; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986085908     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570310492317     Document Type: Article

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