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Issues concerning web-based business reporting: an analysis of the views of interested parties. / Beattie, Vivien; Pratt, Ken.
In: British Accounting Review, Vol. 35, No. 2, 06.2003, p. 155-187.

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Beattie V, Pratt K. Issues concerning web-based business reporting: an analysis of the views of interested parties. British Accounting Review. 2003 Jun;35(2):155-187. doi: 10.1016/S0890-8389(03)00016-7

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Beattie, Vivien ; Pratt, Ken. / Issues concerning web-based business reporting : an analysis of the views of interested parties. In: British Accounting Review. 2003 ; Vol. 35, No. 2. pp. 155-187.

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