The determinants of a successful accounting manuscript: Views of the informed

Accounting Forum

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-113

  Brinn, Tony ^a   Jones, Michael John ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Journal submissions; Manuscript characteristics; Publishability

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049111091     PISSN: 01559982     EISSN: 14676303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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