The expanded audit report - a research study within the development of SAS 600

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 702-717

  Innes, John ^a   Brown, Tom ^b   Hatherly, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986131438     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513579710367953     Document Type: Article

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