Developing internal auditing procedures in UK organizations using a benchmarking approach

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 464-478

  Liu, Jonathan ^a   Seng Woo, Hong ^a   Boakye Bonsu, Victor ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Internal audit; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037768     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686909710185198     Document Type: Article

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