Risk reporting of Japanese companies and its association with corporate characteristics

International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-285

  Konishi, Noriyuki ^a   Ali, Md Mohobbot ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Accounting Standards Board of Japan; Annual reports; ASBJ; Corporate characteristics; Financial Service Agency; FSA; Risk reporting; Tokyo Stock Exchange; Voluntary risk reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249126694     PISSN: 17408008     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAAPE.2007.016281     Document Type: Article

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