Corporate communication: The challenge of transparency

Corporate Communications: An International Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 162-168

  Thøger Christensen, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Corporate communications; Disclosure; Information

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986021466     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563280210436772     Document Type: Review

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