Management control in a business network: New challenges for accounting

Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-181

  Burns, John ^a   Bardy, Roland ^b  

^a USA BASF Aktiengesellschaft ^*

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Management accounting; Target costs; Transaction costs; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993047556     PISSN: 11766093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/11766090610670686     Document Type: Article

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