Management accounting practices in selected Asian countries: A review of the literature

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 493-508

  Sulaiman, Maliah Bt ^a   Nazli Nik Ahmad, Nik ^a   Alwi, Norhayati ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Accounting procedures; Accounting research; China; India; Malaysia; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993083358     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900410530501     Document Type: Review

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