Determinants of financial and environmental disclosures through the internet by Malaysian companies

Asian Review of Accounting

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-76

  Al Arussi, Ali Saleh ^a,b   Selamat, Mohamad Hisyam ^b   Mohd Hanefah, Mustafa ^c  

^a Central Organization for Control and Auditing   (Yemen)

^b Universiti Utara Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI SAINS ISLAM MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Financial reporting; Internet; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649099825     PISSN: 13217348     EISSN: 17588863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13217340910956513     Document Type: Article

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