Accounting: In crisis or ascendancy?

Accounting History

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 71-87

  Abeysekera, Indra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting; Associations; Australia; Conceptual framework; Corporate failures; HIH Group; Political economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855285384     PISSN: 10323732     EISSN: 17493374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/103237320501000304     Document Type: Article

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