Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 compliance: Recent changes in US-traded foreign firms' internal control reporting

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 584-598

  Huang, Hua Wei ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Financial reporting; Foreign exchange; Internal control; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 68649112593     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900910966549     Document Type: Article

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