Patterns of research productivity and knowledge creation at the accounting review: 1967-1993

Accounting Historians Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-88

  Rodgers, Jacci L ^a   Williams, Paul F ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85009345318     PISSN: 01484184     EISSN: 23274468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/0148-4184.23.1.51     Document Type: Review

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