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Original Articles

The Customer Is King. Enthroned or In Exile? An Analysis of the Level of Customer Focus in Leading Management Accounting Textbooks

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Pages 291-317 | Received 01 Jul 2005, Accepted 01 Oct 2008, Published online: 18 Jun 2009

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