A longitudinal examination of intellectual capital reporting in Marks & Spencer annual reports, 1978-2008

British Accounting Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-70

  Campbell, David ^a   Abdul Rahman, Mara Ridhuan ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Accounting; Content analysis; Intellectual capital; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749138464     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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