The impact of international financial reporting standards: Does size matter?

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 460-475

  Goodwin, John ^a   Ahmed, Kamran ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting standards; Australia; Financial reporting; Large enterprises; Medium sized enterprises; Small enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744826310     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900610667247     Document Type: Article

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