Risk-related disclosures by non-finance companies: Portuguese practices and disclosure characteristics

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 817-839

  Oliveira, Jonas ^a   Rodrigues, Lúcia Lima ^b   Craig, Russell ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agency; Legitimacy; Management; Portugal; Resources based; Risk disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054024718     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686901111171466     Document Type: Article

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