Impact of firm specific characteristics on the web based business reporting: Evidence from the companies listed in turkey1

Problems and Perspectives in Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 100-133

  Celik, Orhan ^a   Ecer, Alaattin ^b   Karabacak, Hakan ^c  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Çankaya   (Turkey)

^c European Union and Foreign Affairs Department   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Business reporting; Disclosure index; Firm characteristics; Internet reporting; Listed turkish companies.; Web based disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857290537     PISSN: 17277051     EISSN: 18105467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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