Towards a comprehensive theoretical framework for voluntary IC disclosure

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 571-585

  An, Yi ^a   Davey, Howard ^a   Eggleton, Ian R C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Information management; Integration; Intellectual capital; Theories; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055026016     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691931111181733     Document Type: Article

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