Audit Committee Effectiveness: Relationship with Audit Committee Characteristics and Interaction with the Internal Audit Department: Case of Egypt
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Accounting & Marketing
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2168-9601
DOI: 10.4172/2168-9601.1000129