Continuous auditing for webreleased financial information

Review of Accounting and Finance

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-32

  Chou, Chi Chun ^a   Janie Chang, C ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS   (Taiwan)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditing; Disclosure; Internet; Online reporting; Tests and testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993080646     PISSN: 14757702     EISSN: 17587700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14757701011019790     Document Type: Article

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