A social network analysis of the founders of institutionalized public accountancy

Accounting Historians Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 1-44

  Lee, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 85009348015     PISSN: 01484184     EISSN: 23274468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/0148-4184.27.2.1     Document Type: Article

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