An investigation into the suitability of the international accounting standards to the United Arab Emirates environment

International Business Review

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 505-526

  Aljifri, Khaled ^a   Khasharmeh, Hussein ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Harmonization; IAS; IASB; IFRS; International accounting standards; United Arab Emirates; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749138636     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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