Human capital disclosures and management practices

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 433-455

  Ax, Christian ^a   Marton, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Annual reports; Disclosure; Human capital; Sweden; Working practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 50449102387     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691930810892027     Document Type: Article

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