Vulnerable and exploitable: The need for organisational accountability and transparency in emerging and less developed economies

Accounting Forum

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 81-91

  Belal, Ataur Rahman ^a   Cooper, Stuart M ^a   Roberts, Robin W ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Emerging economies; Exploitability; Less developed economies; Social and environmental accounting; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877814847     PISSN: 01559982     EISSN: 14676303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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