Governance for sustainability: Challenges for theory and practice

The SAGE Handbook of Corporate Governance

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 612-627

  Benn, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84902834911     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446200995.n27     Document Type: Chapter

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