Professional dominance: The relationship between financial accounting and managerial accounting, 1926-1986

Accounting Historians Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 91-121

  Richardson, Alan J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85009371973     PISSN: 01484184     EISSN: 23274468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/0148-4184.29.2.91     Document Type: Article

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