Determinants of the voluntary disclosure of strategic information on the internet: A study of Spanish quoted on the stock exchange firms;Determinantes de la divulgación voluntaria de información estratégica en internet: un estudio de las empresas españolas cotizadas

Revista Europea de Direccion y Economia de la Empresa

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-26

  Domínguez, Luis Rodríguez ^a   Álvarez, Isabel Gallego ^a   Sánchez, Isabel María García ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Industry concentration; Strategic information; The Internet; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149096256     PISSN: 10196838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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