Empirical Evidence Examining the Accounting Information Systems and Accounting Reports of Small and Micro Business in Australia

Small Enterprise Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Dyt, Robyn ^a   Halabi, Abdel K ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 79960591097     PISSN: 13215906     EISSN: 11750979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/ser.15.2.1     Document Type: Article

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