The perceived need for and impediments to achieving accounting transparency in developing countries: a field investigation on Bangladesh

International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-54

  Nurunnabi, Mohammad ^a   Waresul Karim, A K M ^b   Norton, Simon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accounting transparency; Bangladesh; developing countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865388605     PISSN: 17536715     EISSN: 17536723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMFA.2011.038363     Document Type: Article

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