Determinants of intellectual capital disclosure in prospectuses of initial public offerings

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 409-431

  Singh, Inderpal ^a   Van Der Zahn, J L W Mitchell ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Determinants; Disclosure; Initial public offerings; Intellectual capital; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649131277     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2008.9665774     Document Type: Article

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