Expertise and learning: An alternative perspective on the theory-practice debate

British Accounting Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-200

  McAulay, Laurie ^a   King, Malcolm ^b   Carr, Chris ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032091813     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bare.1997.0066     Document Type: Article

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