Auditing sustainable development reports: accountability perspective: an exploration of Egypt and the UAE practices

World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-230

  Mubarak, Afaf ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

accountability; Egypt; sustainable development; UAE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866384236     PISSN: 17460573     EISSN: 17460581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/WREMSD.2006.009889     Document Type: Article

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