Five easy pieces: A case study of cost management as organizational change

Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-167

  Bell, Jan ^a   Hoque, Zahirul ^a   Ansari, Shahid ^a  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting; Organizational change; Performance management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992992352     PISSN: 18325912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18325910910963418     Document Type: Article

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