Institutional theories in management accounting change: Contributions, issues and paths for development

Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 94-111

  Burns, John ^a   Ribeiro, João A ^b   Scapens, Robert W ^c  

^a Universidade do Porto ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Management accounting; Management power; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992979819     PISSN: 11766093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/11766090610670640     Document Type: Article

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