Financial and external reporting research: The broadening corporate governance challenge

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-54

  Parker, Lee D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting policy; Accounting research; Corporate governance; External reporting; Financial accounting; Financial reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548832789     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2007.9730057     Document Type: Article

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