Costs to comply with SOX section 404

Auditing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 169-186

  Krishnan, Jagan ^a   Rama, Dasaratha ^b   Yinghong, Zhang ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 44649167871     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: 15587991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2008.27.1.169     Document Type: Article

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