Corporate governance: Shifting accountability for "going concern" assurance

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 156-167

  Masocha, Walter ^b   Weetman, Pauline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Assurance; Going concern

Indexed keywords

EID: 15544381389     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2005.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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