Creating a supranational institution: The role of the individual and the mood of the times

Accounting History

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 271-288

  Bocqueraz, Claude ^a   Walton, Peter ^b  

^a Ernst and Young ^*  (France)

^b ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Accounting change; Accounting standards; International accounting standards committee

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849100026     PISSN: 10323732     EISSN: 17493374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1032373206065863     Document Type: Article

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