Accountants' responses to the environmental agenda in a developing nation: An initial and exploratory study on Fiji

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 715-737

  Lodhia, Sumit K ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0041831303     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1045-2354(02)00190-9     Document Type: Article

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