Accounting classification in the IFRS Era

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-198

  Nobes, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 69049085598     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2008.0024.x     Document Type: Article

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