Book review

Journal title FINANCIAL REPORTING
Author/s Simone Aresu
Publishing Year 2015 Issue 2014/2-3-4
Language English Pages 8 P. 171-178 File size 171 KB
DOI 10.3280/FR2014-002008
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Simone Aresu, Book review in "FINANCIAL REPORTING" 2-3-4/2014, pp 171-178, DOI: 10.3280/FR2014-002008