Enhancing and structuring the MD&A to aid investors when using interactive data

Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-188

  Sutton, Steve G ^a   Arnold, Vicky ^a   Bedard, Jean C ^b   Phillips, Jillian R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhanced business reporting; eXtensible Business Reporting Language; Interactive data; Management commentary; Management's discussion and analysis; XBRL

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870746096     PISSN: 08887985     EISSN: 15587959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/isys-50256     Document Type: Article

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