When global accounting standards meet the local context-Insights from an emerging economy

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 489-510

  Albu, Cătălin Nicolae ^a   Albu, Nadia ^a   Alexander, David ^b  

^a Institute for Food Chemistry   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Critical; IFRS; Institutional theory; Social

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908566202     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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