Online reporting by banks: A structural modelling approach

Online Information Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 310-332

  Serrano Cinca, Carlos ^a   Fuertes Callén, Yolanda ^a   Gutiérrez Nieto, Begoña ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Financial institutions; Financial reporting; Linear structure equation modelling; Online operations

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; WEBSITES;

DISCLOSURE; FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; FINANCIAL REPORTING; LINEAR STRUCTURE EQUATION MODELLING; ONLINE OPERATIONS;

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 34250616237     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520710764096     Document Type: Article

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