Integrated Performance Plans in Higher Education as means of accounting change. Insights into the Italian context

Titolo Rivista: MANAGEMENT CONTROL
Autori/Curatori: Alessandra Allini, Rosanna Spanò, Annamaria Zampella, Fiorenza Meucci
Anno di pubblicazione: 2020 Fascicolo: 1 Lingua: English
Numero pagine: 24 P. 87-110 Dimensione file: 291 KB
DOI: 10.3280/MACO2020-001005
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Alessandra Allini, Rosanna Spanò, Annamaria Zampella, Fiorenza Meucci, Integrated Performance Plans in Higher Education as means of accounting change. Insights into the Italian context in "MANAGEMENT CONTROL" 1/2020, pp 87-110, DOI: 10.3280/MACO2020-001005