Experiences of sustainability assessment: An awkward adolescence

Accounting Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-208

  Frame, Bob ^a   Cavanagh, Jo ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clumsy solution; Externalities; Full cost accounting; New Zealand; Post normal sustainability technologies; Wicked problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650468233     PISSN: 01559982     EISSN: 14676303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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