British cost accounting development: Continuity and change

Accounting Historians Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 1-41

  Edwards, John Richard ^a   Boyns, Trevor ^a   Anderson, Malcolm ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009363447     PISSN: 01484184     EISSN: 23274468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/0148-4184.22.2.1     Document Type: Article

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