Italian annual intellectual capital disclosure:An empirical analysis

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 543-558

  Bozzolan, Saverio ^a   Favotto, Francesco ^a   Ricceri, Federica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Intellectual capital; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986018777     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: 1758468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691930310504554     Document Type: Article

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