Using graphical representations of business processes in evaluating internal control

Issues in Accounting Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-140

  Faye Borthick, A ^a   Schneider, Gary P ^b   Vance, Anthony ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business process diagram; Business process modeling; Financial statement assertions; Internal control evaluation; Operational effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857950527     PISSN: 07393172     EISSN: 15587983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/iace-50078     Document Type: Article

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