Management controls and inter-firm relationships: A review

Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 149-169

  Meira, Juliana ^a   Kartalis, Nikos D ^b   Tsamenyi, Mathew ^c   Cullen, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel relations; Control systems; Management accounting; Supply chain management; Transaction costs; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993111647     PISSN: 18325912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18325911011025731     Document Type: Review

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