The struggle for corporate accountability

Development and Change

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 959-975

  Utting, Peter ^a  

^a Markets Business and Regulation Programme   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CAPITALISM; CIVIL SOCIETY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; HUMAN CAPITAL; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

EID: 58149343782     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2008.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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