Stakeholder prioritization and reporting: Evidence from Italy and the US

Accounting Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-175

  Boesso, Giacomo ^a   Kumar, Kamalesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural differences; Key performance indicator; Stakeholder reporting; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349125834     PISSN: 01559982     EISSN: 14676303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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