The predictive audit framework

International Journal of Digital Accounting Research

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-71

  Kuenkaikaew, Siripan ^a   Vasarhelyi, Miklos A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assurance; Auditing; Continuous auditing; Predictive auditing; Preventive audit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877756349     PISSN: 15778517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4192/1577-8517-v13_2     Document Type: Article

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