Traditional and Western accounting disclosure models for pacific Island Countries’ entities

Pacific Accounting Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-66

  Brown, Alistair M ^a   Tower, Greg ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33846301763     PISSN: 01140582     EISSN: 20415494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb037964     Document Type: Article

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