The association between disclosure, distress, and failure

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-314

  Holder Webb, Lori ^a   Cohen, Jaffrey R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Distress; Ethics; Management discussion and analysis (MD A)

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548816739     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9254-7     Document Type: Article

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