Factors impacting on accounting lag: An exploratory study of responding to TQM

British Accounting Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 205-221

  Gurd, Bruce ^a   Smith, Malcolm ^a   Swaffer, Rew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0036755974     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bare.2002.0198     Document Type: Article

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