Transnational legalization of accounting: The case of international financial reporting standards

Law and Legalization in Transnational Relations

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 33-57

  Wüstemann, Jens ^a,b   Kierzek, Sonja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b University of Mannheim   (Germany)

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EID: 34548396425     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203964422     Document Type: Chapter

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