Accounting disclosure, corporate governance and the battle for markets: The case of trade negotiations between Japan and the U.S.

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 2012, Pages 312-331

  Yonekura, Akira ^a   Gallhofer, Sonja ^b   Haslam, Jim ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Globalisation; Japan; Public Interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862574017     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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