21st century auditing: Advancing decision support systems toachieve continuous auditing

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 297-312

  Hunton, James E ^a   Rose, Jacob M ^b  

^a BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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EID: 77954054478     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2010.24.2.297     Document Type: Note

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