Avoiding Reputation Damage in Financial Restatements

Long Range Planning

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 429-456

  Gertsen, Fred H M ^a   van Riel, Cees B M ^a   Berens, Guido ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT; MARKETING;

CORPORATE COLLAPSE; PUBLIC TRUST;

FINANCE;

DAMAGE;

EID: 33751551952     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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