Accounting for social-purpose alliances: Confronting the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1093-1129

  Rahaman, Abu ^a   Neu, Dean ^b   Everett, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 78650049550     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.2010.01040.x     Document Type: Article

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