Environmental accounting and change in UK local government

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 346-373

  Ball, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting; Change management; Local government

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444454260     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570510600738     Document Type: Article

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