Issues concerning web-based business reporting: An analysis of the views of interested parties

British Accounting Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-187

  Beattie, Vivien ^a   Pratt, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business reporting; Electronic reporting; File formats; Internet; Navigation; Web reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037670590     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-8389(03)00016-7     Document Type: Article

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