Accounting practice in the new millennium: Is accounting education ready to meet the challenge?

British Accounting Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 69-103

  Howieson, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting education; Accounting practice; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038685070     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-8389(03)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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