University corporatisation: Driving redefinition

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 434-450

  Parker, Lee ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 79958156005     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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