The origins of value-for-money auditing: the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: 1827-1830

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 374-386

  Flesher, Dale L ^a   Samson, William D ^b   Previts, Gary John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit committees; Boards of directors; Operational audit; Rail transport; USA; Value for money audit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986136011     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900310476846     Document Type: Article

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