Struggling for supremacy: The case of UK public audit institutions

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-22

  Bowerman, Mary ^a   Humphrey, Christopher ^b   Owen, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037242599     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cpac.2001.0524     Document Type: Review

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