Applying stakeholder theory to analyze corporate environmental performance: Evidence from Australian listed companies

Asian Review of Accounting

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 164-184

  Elijido Ten, Evangeline ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Environmental management; Organizational behaviour; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986133545     PISSN: 13217348     EISSN: 17588863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13217340710823378     Document Type: Article

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