A history of auditing: The changing audit process in Britain from the nineteenth century to the present day

A History of Auditing: The Changing Audit Process in Britain from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-184

  Matthews, Derek ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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