Voluntary adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards by large unlisted companies in Portugal - Institutional logics and strategic responses

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 482-499

  Guerreiro, Marta Silva ^a   Rodrigues, Lúcia Lima ^b   Craig, Russell ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE VIANA DO CASTELO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84865980804     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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