The images of the Big Six audit firms in the Czech Republic

European Accounting Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 499-521

  Sucher, Pat ^a   Moizer, Peter ^b   Zarova, Marcela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 84885745647     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096381899335916     Document Type: Article

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