The Readability of Chairmen's Statements

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 1972, Pages 36-39

  Still, M D ^a  

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EID: 84948880558     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: 21594260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.1972.9728995     Document Type: Article

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