Cultural Influences on Indigenous Users' Perceptions of the Importance of Disclosure Items: Empirical Evidence from Papua New Guinea

Advances in International Accounting

Volumn 18, Issue , 2005, Pages 27-51

  Ngangan, Ken ^a   Saudagaran, Shahrokh M ^a   Clarke, Frank L ^a  

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EID: 15844365623     PISSN: 08973660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0897-3660(05)18002-7     Document Type: Review

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