Measuring De jure Harmonisation: A content analysis of the accounting standards of three countries: South Africa, Mauritius and Tanzanian and International Financial Reporting Standards

Journal of Applied Accounting Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 110-146

  Krishansing Boolaky, Pran ^a  

^a Grant Thornton ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financial reporting; Globalisation; Standardising

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992969897     PISSN: 09675426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/96754260680001051     Document Type: Article

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