Can translations achieve comparability? the case of translating IFRSs into Swedish

Accounting in Europe

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-59

  Dahlgren, Jörgen ^a   Nilsson, Sven Arne ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

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EID: 84859566490     PISSN: 17449480     EISSN: 17449499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17449480.2012.664391     Document Type: Article

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