Management accounting research in the lab – method and applications

Zeitschrift für Planung & Unternehmenssteuerung - Tập 19 Số 3 - Trang 325-351 - 2008
Robert Obermaier1, Felix Müller1
1Lehrstuhl für Controlling und Logistik, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053, Regensburg, Germany

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