African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4194

Full Length Research Paper

Early adopters of integrated reporting: The case of the mining industry in South Africa

Federica Doni
  • Federica Doni
  • Department of Business Administration, Finance, Management and Law, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.
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Andrea Gasperini
  • Andrea Gasperini
  • AIAF, Italian Association of Financial Analysts, Research Group Mission Intangibles®, Italy.
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Pasquale Pavone
  • Pasquale Pavone
  • Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padua, Italy.
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  •  Received: 12 February 2016
  •  Accepted: 06 April 2016
  •  Published: 14 May 2016

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