Chapter 1 The Nature of Accounting and Finance Research

DOI: 10.23912/978-1-910158-88-3-3217	ISBN: 978-1-910158-88-3
Published: September 2016	Component type: chapter
Published in: Research Methods for Accounting and Finance	Parent DOI: 10.23912/978-1-910158-88-3-3090

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• Audrey Paterson, Heriot-Watt University (Author) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9307-5471
• William Jackson, Heriot-Watt University (Author) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8384-3032
• Moh Sherif, Heriot-Watt University (Author)
• Robert MacIntosh, Heriot-Watt University (Author) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7333-0201
• Nigel Caldwell (Author)

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• Audrey Paterson, Heriot-Watt University, UK (Editor) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9307-5471
• David Leung, Coventry University, UK (Editor)
• William (Bill) Jackson, Heriot-Watt University, UK (Editor) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8384-3032
• Robert MacIntosh, Heriot-Watt University, UK (Editor) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7333-0201
• Kevin D O'Gorman, Heriot-Watt University, UK (Editor) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6239-6619

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Paterson, Jackson, Sherif, MacIntosh & Caldwell, 2016

Paterson, A., Jackson, W., Sherif, M., MacIntosh, R. & Caldwell, N. (2016) "Chapter 1 The Nature of Accounting and Finance Research" In: Paterson, A., Leung, D., Jackson, W.(., MacIntosh, R. & O'Gorman, K.D. (ed) . Oxford: Goodfellow Publishers http://dx.doi.org/10.23912/978-1-910158-88-3-3217

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