Intangible asset disclosure in the telecommunications industry

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-61

  Gerpott, Torsten J ^a   Thomas, Sandra E ^a   Hoffmann, Alexander P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annual reports; Intangible assets; Telecommunications; Website reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149006347     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691930810845795     Document Type: Article

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