A demand audit of the insurance market in Singapore

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 372-382

  Chow Chua, Clare ^a   Lim, Geraldine ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Telecom   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Audit; Insurance; Risks; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986105936     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900010344647     Document Type: Article

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