Timeliness of corporate financial reporting in emerging capital markets: Empirical evidence from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-254

  Owusu Ansah, Stephen ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 20744441831     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2000.9728939     Document Type: Article

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