Profit measurement and UK accounting standards: A case of increasing disharmony in relation to US GAAP and IASs

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 189-208

  Weetman, Pauline ^a   Jones, E A E ^a   Adams, C A ^b   Gray, S J ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 33644860522     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.1998.9728909     Document Type: Article

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