The Role of the External Accountant in Small Firms

Small Enterprise Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-14

  Breen, John ^a   Sciulli, Nick ^a   Calvert, Cheryl ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84881400397     PISSN: 13215906     EISSN: 11750979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/ser.12.1.5     Document Type: Article

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