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

Audit risk and corporate governance: Italian auditors’ perception after the global financial crisis

Chiara Demartini
  • Chiara Demartini
  • Department of Economics and Management, University of Pavia, Via San Felice, 5/7 27100 - Pavia, Italy.
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Sara Trucco*
  • Sara Trucco*
  • Faculty of Economics, Rome University of International Studies; Via C. Colombo, 200 00147 - Roma, Italy
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  •  Received: 07 June 2016
  •  Accepted: 24 June 2016
  •  Published: 14 July 2016

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