Determinants of intellectual capital disclosure: Evidence from Australia

Management Decision

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-245

  Brüggen, Alexander ^a   Vergauwen, Philip ^b   Dao, Mai ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Financial reporting; Intellectual capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549083458     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740910938894     Document Type: Article

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