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Conditional-normative accounting methodology: Incorporating value judgments and means-end relations of an applied science

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  • Mattessich, Richard, 1995. "Conditional-normative accounting methodology: Incorporating value judgments and means-end relations of an applied science," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Elsevier, vol. 20(4), pages 259-284, May.
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