Climate Change Policy in Australia: Organisational Responses and Influences

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 208-222

  Herbohn, Kathleen ^a   Dargusch, Paul ^a   Herbohn, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84862743964     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2012.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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