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Metadata
- Authors
- Miller, P., & Napier, C.
- Affiliations
- London School of Economics and Political Science (GB)
- ORCID
- Napier, Christopher
- Venue
- Accounting, Organizations and Society
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1993-10
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 7-8
- Pages
- 631-647
- ISSN
- 0361-3682 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2028247743
- Cited by
- 506
- References
- 45
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 28 · 2017: 27 · 2016: 25 · 2015: 26 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 21
- FWCI
- 39.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Accounting Organizations and Society (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Accounting › Accounting Theory and Financial Reporting
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Accounting › Accounting and Organizational Management
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
- Keywords
- history of accounting, economic calculation, double-entry bookkeeping, Weber, Sombart, management accounting, discounted cash flow, investment decision-making, value added accounting, standard costing
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