Management May Be Concerned That Segment Reporting Will Put the Entity

question 67

True/False

Management may be concerned that segment reporting will put the entity at competitive disadvantage,so it has been suggested that it can avoid providing accurate segment reports through opportunistic interpretation of the definition of a business segment.

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