Towards a financial reporting framework for intangibles:Insights from the Australian experience

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-86

  Wyatt, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capitalization; Economics; Intangible assets; Regulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444294449     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: 1758468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691930210412872     Document Type: Article

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