An auditing protocol for spreadsheet models

Information and Management

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 312-320

  Powell, Stephen G ^a   Baker, Kenneth R ^a   Lawson, Barry ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditing; Auditing software; End user computing; Spreadsheet errors; Spreadsheets

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; ERRORS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

(ALGORITHMIC) COMPLEXITY; ELSEVIER (CO); SPREADSHEET MODELING; WIDE-RANGE;

SPREADSHEETS;

EID: 44649097015     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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