Association of audit delay and audit firms’ international links: Evidence from Bangladesh

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 129-134

  Imam, Shahed ^a,b   Uddin Ahmed, Zahir ^b   Hasan Khan, Sadia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c RCS Private Ltd   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Auditors; Bangladesh; International accounting; Time study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986178162     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900110385669     Document Type: Article

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