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Financial reporting on the Internet by leading UK companies

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  • B. M. Craven
  • C. L. Marston

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This paper examines the extent of financial information disclosure on the Internet by the largest companies in the UK in 1998. Companies were surveyed to establish whether they had a website and if so whether financial information was available. We also investigated whether that information was in summary form or whether the full annual report was available. This study finds a statistically significant positive relationship between the size of a company and the use and extent of disclosure on the Internet. There was no significant association between industry type and disclosure.

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  • B. M. Craven & C. L. Marston, 1999. "Financial reporting on the Internet by leading UK companies," European Accounting Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(2), pages 321-333.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:euract:v:8:y:1999:i:2:p:321-333
    DOI: 10.1080/096381899336069
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