Internal audit, alternative internal audit structures and the level of misappropriation of assets fraud

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 543-559

  Coram, Paul ^a   Ferguson, Colin ^a   Moroney, Robyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Fraud, Misappropriation of assets; Internal audit

Indexed keywords

EID: 54849405144     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2007.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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