Beyond the ticket and the brand: Imagining an accounting research future

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1153-1182

  Parker, Lee D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting research; Interdisciplinary research; Research environment; Research policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871691510     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2012.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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