External stakeholders' perspectives on sustainability reporting

Sustainability Accounting and Accountability

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 104-126

  Tilt, Carol Ann ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84911131634     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203815281     Document Type: Chapter

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