The voluntary reporting of intellectual capital: Comparing evidence from Hong Kong and Australia

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 254-271

  Guthrie, James ^a   Petty, Richard ^b   Ricceri, Federica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Annual reports; Australia; Data analysis; Disclosure; Hong Kong; Intellectual capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646691792     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691930610661890     Document Type: Article

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