Strategies for dealing with standard-setting resistance

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-200

  Jeppesen, Kim K ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Auditing; Denmark; Regulation; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449115639     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513571011023183     Document Type: Article

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