Exploring the R & D disclosure environment

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 3230342-

  Entwistle, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 0142259632     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.1999.13.4.323     Document Type: Article

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