GRI sustainability reporting by australian public sector organizations

Public Money and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 361-366

  Guthrie, James ^a   Farneti, Federica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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EID: 55449088956     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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