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Towards an Understanding of the Phases of Goodwill Accounting in Four Western Capitalist Countries: From Stakeholder Model to Shareholder Model 西方四个资本主义国家商誉会计的发展阶段:从利益相关者模式到股东模式

Paris-Dauphine: Management Pub Date : 2007-06-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1000735

J. Richard, Yuan Ding, Hervé Stolowy

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