Assessing the quality of disclosure on intangibles in the Spanish capital market

European Business Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 305-313

  García Meca, Emma ^a   Martínez, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Audit reports; Intangible assets; Intellectual capital; Spain; Stock exchanges

Indexed keywords

EID: 23444437207     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340510607352     Document Type: Article

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