The adoption of international accounting standards by small and closely held companies: Evidence from Bahrain

International Journal of Accounting

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 429-440

  Joshi, Prem Lal ^a   Ramadhan, Sayel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Bahrain; Closely held; Cost benefits; Financial statements; IAS

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036034965     PISSN: 10944060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7063(02)00190-5     Document Type: Article

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