Corporate Board Attributes And Conditional Accounting Conservatism: Evidence From French Firms
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR)
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2157-8834,0892-7626
DOI: 10.19030/jabr.v31i3.9224