Determinants of the Corporate Decision to Disclose Social Information

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 36-51

  Belkaoui, Ahmed ^a   Karnik, Philip G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0002540018     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513578910132240     Document Type: Article

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