National adoption of international accounting standards: An institutional perspective

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 161-174

  Judge, William ^a   Li, Shaomin ^a   Pinsker, Robert ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Institutional theory; International financial reporting standards; Isomorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955530986     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2010.00798.x     Document Type: Article

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