Intellectual capital disclosure trends: Some Malaysian evidence

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 377-397

  Ahmed Haji, Abdifatah ^a   Mohd Ghazali, Nazli A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Annual reports; Corporate governance; Disclosure; Intellectual capital; Intellectual capital disclosure; Legitimacy; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864137046     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691931211248927     Document Type: Article

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