Irish voluntary hospitals: An examination of a theory of voluntary failure

Accounting, Business and Financial History

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-80

  Robbins, Geraldine ^a   Lapsley, Irvine ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financial liability; Public sector; Religious organisations; Voluntary organisations

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249107643     PISSN: 09585206     EISSN: 14664275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585200701824757     Document Type: Article

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