The influence of business-process-focused audit support software on analytical procedures judgments

Auditing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 265-279

  O'Donnell, Ed ^a   Schultz Jr , Joseph J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical procedures; Audit support software; Business risk audit methodology; Business process focused auditing; Strategic systems auditing

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142543244     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2003.22.2.265     Document Type: Review

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