User's perception of corporate reporting: Evidence from Saudi Arabia

British Accounting Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-153

  Naser, Kamal ^a,b   Nuseibeh, Rana ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Corporate information; Perception; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037674316     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-8389(03)00015-5     Document Type: Review

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