Skills development, motivation and learning in financial statement analysis: An evaluation of alternative types of case studies

Accounting Education

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-212

  Montaño, José Luis Arquero ^a   Cardoso, Sergio Manuel Jiménez ^a   Joyce, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case studies; Financial statement analysis; Learning improvement; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066183998     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280410001676611     Document Type: Article

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