Environmental disclosure and performance reporting in Malaysia

Asian Review of Accounting

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-199

  Smith, Malcolm ^a   Yahya, Khadijah ^b   Marzuki Amiruddin, Ahmad ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Environmental management; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986038146     PISSN: 13217348     EISSN: 17588863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13217340710823387     Document Type: Article

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