Digital reporting in Eastern Europe: An empirical study

International Journal of Accounting Information Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 299-318

  Bonsón, Enrique ^a   Escobar, Tomás ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Digital reporting; Internet; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751224760     PISSN: 14670895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accinf.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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