The competitive advantage of audit support systems: The relationship between extent of structure and audit pricing

Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-49

  Carson, Elizabeth ^a   Dowling, Carlin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit fees; Audit structure; Audit support systems; Competitive advantage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861730032     PISSN: 08887985     EISSN: 15587959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/isys-10256     Document Type: Article

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