Improved accountability disclosures by Canadian universities

Canadian Accounting Perspectives

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-107

  Nelson, Morton ^a   Banks, William ^a   Fisher, James ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accountability; Annual reports; Disclosure; Nonprofit

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642563445     PISSN: 14998653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/1H5W-R5DC-U15T-KJPH     Document Type: Article

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