Extended performance reporting: An examination of the Australian mining industry

Accounting Forum

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-119

  Yongvanich, Kittiya ^a   Guthrie, James ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annual report; Australian mining; Content analysis; Sustainability reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144365395     PISSN: 01559982     EISSN: 14676303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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