Overseas equity analysis by UK analysts and fund managers

British Accounting Review

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 337-355

  Clatworthy, Mark ^a   Jones, Michael John ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting information; Coping strategies; Fund managers; Information sources; Investment analysts; Overseas equity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449094822     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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