Accounting and religion: A historical perspective

Accounting History

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-127

  Carmona, Salvador ^a   Ezzamel, Mahmoud ^b  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting; History; Religion; Religious organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849146785     PISSN: 10323732     EISSN: 17493374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1032373206063109     Document Type: Review

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