Economic "reality" and the myth of the bottom line

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 327-340

  Moore, Louella ^a  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77349098303     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2009.23.3.327     Document Type: Note

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