The origins of the no-liability mining company and its accounting regulations

The Development of Accounting in an International Context: A Festschrift in Honour of R. H. Parker

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 90-121

  Morris, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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