Financial information and the management of small private companies

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 100-110

  Collis, Jill ^a   Jarvis, Robin ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Association of Chartered Certified Accountant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting; Financial management; Information; Performance measurement; Private companies; Small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986107436     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000210427357     Document Type: Article

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