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Original Articles

The role of trust in the primary adoption stage of management accounting innovations

El papel de la confianza en la etapa primaria de adopción de innovaciones de contabilidad de gestión

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Pages 63-91 | Received 07 Aug 2015, Accepted 26 Jul 2016, Published online: 30 Nov 2016

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