Water management accounting and the wine supply chain: Empirical evidence from Australia

British Accounting Review

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 379-396

  Christ, Katherine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contingency theory; Environmental management accounting; New institutional sociology; Sustainable supply chain management; Water management accounting; Wine industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919488867     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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