Sarbanes Oxley section 404 costs of compliance: A case study

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-111

  Sneller, Lineke ^a   Langendijk, Henk ^a  

^a NYENRODE BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case study; Compliance costs; Corporate governance; Sarbanes Oxley

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947244417     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00547.x     Document Type: Article

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