Intellectual Capital Reporting Practices of the Top Australian Firms

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 17, Issue 42, 2007, Pages 71-83

  Sujan, Ahmad ^a   Abeysekera, Indra ^a  

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EID: 46149107355     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2007.tb00445.x     Document Type: Article

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