A content analysis of risk management disclosures in canadian annual reports

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-142

  Lajili, Kaouthar ^a   Zéghal, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Risk disclosure; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144483471     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-4490.2005.tb00714.x     Document Type: Article

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