Financial analysts' reports: An extended institutional theory evaluation

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 331-356

  Fogarty, Timothy J ^a   Rogers, Rodney K ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 11244329898     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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