Chapter 6 Data Sources from Archives to the Internet

DOI: 10.23912/978-1-910158-88-3-3235	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

10.23912/978-1-910158-88-3-3235

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• Darren Jubb, Heriot-Watt University (Author)
• Lubaina Zakaria, Heriot-Watt University (Author)
• Keith Gori, Heriot-Watt University (Author)
• Rodrigo Perez-Vega, Heriot-Watt University (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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Jubb, Zakaria, Gori & Perez-Vega, 2016

Jubb, D., Zakaria, L., Gori, K. & Perez-Vega, R. (2016) "Chapter 6 Data Sources from Archives to the Internet" In: Paterson, A., Leung, D., Jackson, W.(., MacIntosh, R. & O'Gorman, K.D. (ed) . Oxford: Goodfellow Publishers http://dx.doi.org/10.23912/978-1-910158-88-3-3235

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