Accounting and sweatshops: Enabling coordination and control in low-price apparel production chains

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 322-346

  Neu, Dean ^a   Rahaman, Abu Shiraz ^b   Everett, Jeff ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 84902543952     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1911-3846.12026     Document Type: Article

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