A longitudinal study of corporate social reporting in Singapore: The case of the banking, food and beverages and hotel industries

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 624-635

  Tsang, Eric W K ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 84986014961     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513579810239873     Document Type: Article

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