The role of accounting values in the relation between XBRL and forecast accuracy

International Journal of Accounting and Information Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 297-313

  Liu, Chunhui ^a   O'Farrell, Grace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accounting; Cross cultural IS studies; Culture; IS evaluation; IT diffusion; XBRL

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885157943     PISSN: 18347649     EISSN: 17589037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJAIM-03-2013-0023     Document Type: Article

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