Accounting Information Systems
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Author: Ulric J. Gelinas, Richard B. Dull, Patrick Wheeler, Mary Callahan Hill
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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To determine: The importance of horizontal information flows and vertical information flows.
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Ch. 1 - Describe this textbooks three themes.Ch. 1 - Prob. 2RQCh. 1 - A system must have organization,...Ch. 1 - Prob. 4RQCh. 1 - Prob. 5RQCh. 1 - Prob. 6RQCh. 1 - Why is the information system important to the...Ch. 1 - Prob. 8RQCh. 1 - Prob. 9RQCh. 1 - Prob. 10RQ
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