The use of costing information in Egypt: A research note

Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 329-343

  Alawattage, Chandana ^a   Hopper, Trevor ^a   Wickramasinghe, Danture ^a   Van Triest, Sander ^b   Fathy Elshahat, Mohamed ^c  

^a University of Amsterdam ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Benha University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Egypt; Management accounting; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993090733     PISSN: 18325912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18325910710820328     Document Type: Article

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