The impact of XBRL: A Delphi investigation

International Journal of Digital Accounting Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-24

  Baldwin, Amelia A ^a   Trinkle, Brad S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting regulation; Delphi technique; Financial reporting; Technology impacts; XBRL

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953109631     PISSN: 15778517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4192/1577-8517-v11_1     Document Type: Article

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