The IASB standard-setting process: Participation and perceptions of financial statement users

British Accounting Review

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-118

  Georgiou, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IASB; Influence; Lobbying; Perceptions; Users

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953081533     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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