Timeliness of corporate annual financial reporting in Greece

European Accounting Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 273-287

  Owusu Ansah, Stephen ^a   Leventis, Stergios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 56549112619     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180500252078     Document Type: Article

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