Globalisation/regionalisation of accounting firms and their sustainability services

International Marketing Review

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 396-410

  Kolk, Ans ^a   Margineantu, Andreea ^a,b  

^a Business School   (Netherlands)

^b The Netherlands and Liberty Global Europe   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accounting firms; Corporate social responsibility; Globalization; Standardization

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349620092     PISSN: 02651335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02651330910971959     Document Type: Article

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