Assessing international accounting harmonization using Hegelian dialectic, isomorphism and Foucault

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 739-757

  Rodrigues, Lúcia Lima ^a   Craig, Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting; Convergence; Dialectic; Foucault; Harmonization; Hegel; International; Isomorphic; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547842855     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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