Green Accounting: Cosmetic Irrelevance or Radical Agenda for Change?

Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-198

  Owen, David ^a   Gray, Rob ^b   Bebbington, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000829801     PISSN: 10293574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10293574.1997.10510519     Document Type: Article

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