Management accounting at the historical hudson's bay company: A comparison to 20th century practices

Accounting Historians Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 35-64

  Spraakman, Gary P ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85009399980     PISSN: 01484184     EISSN: 23274468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/0148-4184.26.2.35     Document Type: Article

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