Goodwill impairment as a reflection of investment opportunities

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-140

  Godfrey, Jayne M ^a   Koh, Ping Sheng ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Goodwill; Impairment test; Investment opportunities

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349104233     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2008.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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