Transforming audit technologies: Business risk audit methodologies and the audit field

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 32, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 409-438

  Robson, Keith ^a   Humphrey, Christopher ^b   Khalifa, Rihab ^c   Jones, Julian ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33847084286     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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