Tensions between politico-institutional factors and accounting regulation in a developing economy: Insights from institutional theory

Business Ethics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 398-424

  Nurunnabi, Mohammad ^a  

^a PRINCE SULTAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 84941167000     PISSN: 09628770     EISSN: 14678608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/beer.12089     Document Type: Article

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