An international investigation of associations between societal variables and the amount of disclosure on information technology and communication problems: The case of Y2K

International Journal of Accounting

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-92

  Williams, S Mitchell ^a  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Disclosure practices; Information technology and communication problems; International accounting; Societal variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942639945     PISSN: 00207063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intacc.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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