Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: Are Multi-National Corporations Unduly Burdened?
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عنوان ژورنال: SSRN Electronic Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1883589