Changes in the depreciation of buildings in an English building society, circa 1959: financial and governance implications
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Keywords
Keywords: Depreciation; asset management; building societies; United Kingdom; corporate governance. Mots clés: Amortissement; gestion de actifs; sociétés de construction; Grande-Bretagne; gouvernance d'entreprise;All these keywords.
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- N24 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Europe: 1913-
- M42 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Auditing
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ACC-2007-09-09 (Accounting and Auditing)
- NEP-HIS-2007-09-09 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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