Public sector accountability and commercial-in-confidence outsourcing contracts

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 256-271

  Barton, Allan D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Outsourcing; Public sector accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645530036     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570610656114     Document Type: Article

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