Research on accounting in family firms: Past accomplishments and future challenges

Family Business Review

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 193-215

  Salvato, Carlo ^a   Moores, Ken ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

auditing; earnings management; family firms; financial accounting; management accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955859609     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486510375069     Document Type: Editorial

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