Assurance on XBRL-related documents: The case of United Technologies corporation

Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 49-78

  Efrim Boritz, J ^a   No, Won Gyun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assurance; Case study; XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953546173     PISSN: 08887985     EISSN: 15587959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/jis.2009.23.2.49     Document Type: Article

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