Factors Affecting the Formation of Audit Committees in Major UK Listed Companies

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 23, Issue sup1, 1993, Pages 421-430

  Collier, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78649776836     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: 21594260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.1993.9729909     Document Type: Article

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