The production of narrative accounting statements: An exploratory study of the operating and financial review

Journal of Applied Accounting Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 25-56

  Rutherford, Brian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting report content; Company characteristics; Potential impacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992954899     PISSN: 09675426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/96754260280001031     Document Type: Article

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