The adoption of international accounting standards in Bangladesh: An exploration of rationale and process

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 816-841

  Mir, Monir Zaman ^a   Rahaman, Abu Shiraz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accounting standards; Bangladesh; Developing countries; International accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844608917     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570510627720     Document Type: Article

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