Fuzzy evaluation of risk management profiles disclosed in corporate annual reports

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-254

  Dia, Mohamed ^a   Zéghal, Daniel ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fuzzy analysis; Information disclosure; Multiple criteria decision making; Risk evaluation; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149083473     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjas.66     Document Type: Article

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