Consolidation principles and practices for the UK government sector

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-167

  Heald, David ^a   Georgiou, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037503335     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2000.9728932     Document Type: Article

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