Re-conceiving managerial capture

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 847-867

  Baker, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting procedures; Corporate social responsibility; Management accounting; Social accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957067407     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513571011080153     Document Type: Article

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