Strategy disclosure in annual reports across Europe: A study on differences between five countries

European Business Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 352-366

  Santema, Sicco ^a   Hoekert, Marijke ^b   Van De Rijt, Jeroen ^b   Van Oijen, Aswin ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Tilburg University ^*

Author keywords

Annual reports; Corporate strategy; Culture (sociology); Disclosure; Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 23444432333     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340510607398     Document Type: Article

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