Alternatives for addressing major challenges in teaching introductory auditing courses

Journal of Accounting Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 231-244

  Ballou, Brian ^a   Cashell, James ^a   Heitger, Dan L ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67349114861     PISSN: 07485751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccedu.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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