Accountability and corporate governance of public private partnerships

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 213-229

  Shaoul, Jean ^a   Stafford, Anne ^a   Stapleton, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Corporate governance; Future research agenda; PPPs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858796248     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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