Accounting for intellectual capital: Evidence from listed English football clubs

Journal of Applied Accounting Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 78-116

  Shareef, Fareeha ^a   Davey, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Capital reporting; Disclosure; Intellectual capital; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993086773     PISSN: 09675426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/96754260580001042     Document Type: Article

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