The business risk audit: Origins, obstacles and opportunities

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 32, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 383-408

  Knechel, W Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 33847075360     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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