Accounting academia in emerging economies: Evolutions and challenges

International Journal of Accounting and Information Management

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 128-151

  Albu, Nadia ^a   Albu, Catalin Nicolae ^a   Bunea, Stefan ^a   Girbina, Maria Madalina ^a  

^a BUCHAREST UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES   (Romania)

Author keywords

Academic identity construction; Accounting academic career; Accounting journals; Accounting research; Publishing patterns; Romania

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988227648     PISSN: 18347649     EISSN: 17589037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJAIM-04-2014-0024     Document Type: Article

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