Corporate governance and the harmonisation of Chinese accounting practices with IFRS practices

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 284-293

  Chen, Jean Jinghan ^a,b   Cheng, Peng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese GAAP; Corporate governance; Enforcement; Harmonisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947267550     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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