Accounting for Enron: Shareholder value and stakeholder interests

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 598-612

  Clarke, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enron accounting; Shareholder value; Stakeholder interests

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944541845     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2005.00454.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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