Intellectual capital disclosure and corporate governance structure in UK firms

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-159

  Li, Jing ^a   Pike, Richard ^a,b   Haniffa, Roszaini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annual report; Content analysis; Corporate governance; Intellectual capital disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 46149124556     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2008.9663326     Document Type: Article

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