Towards market differentiation in the accounting profession: The case of Australia and New Zealand

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 691-711

  Velayutham, Sivakumar ^a   Rahman, Asheq ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 0347699617     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cpac.2000.0409     Document Type: Article

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