Intangible assets and value relevance: Evidence from the Portuguese stock exchange

British Accounting Review

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 241-252

  Oliveira, Lídia ^a   Rodrigues, Lúcia Lima ^a   Craig, Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accounting standards; Financial reporting; Intangibles; Listed companies; Portugal; Value relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149466368     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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