Drivers of the use and facilitators and obstacles of the evolution of big data by the audit profession

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 439-449

  Alles, Michael G ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditing; Big data; Disruptive innovation; ERP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943520946     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch-51067     Document Type: Article

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