Management accounting research methodologies: searching for the bests

Subject Areas : International Journal of Finance, Accounting and Economics Studies

Fraydoon Rahnamay Roodposhti ¹ , Marziyeh Shariati ²

1 - Professor and faculty member of Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch
2 - PhD Student of Accounting, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch

Received: 2011-05-12 Accepted : 2011-08-20 Published : 2012-05-31

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