Whither financial accounting research: A modern-day bopeep?

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 29-36

  Howieson, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 75949129129     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.1996.tb00005.x     Document Type: Article

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