Accountability and rhetoric during a crisis: Walt disney's 1940 letter to stockholders

Accounting Historians Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 49-86

  Amernic, Joel H ^a   Craig, Russell J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85009367077     PISSN: 01484184     EISSN: 23274468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/0148-4184.27.2.49     Document Type: Article

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