Product quality, environmental accounting and quality performance

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 719-732

  Dunk, Alan S ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting; Environmental audit; Product quality; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986135367     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570210448975     Document Type: Review

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