What is corporate sustainability and how do firms practice it? A management accounting research perspective

Journal of Management Accounting Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1-11

  Joshi, Satish ^a   Li, Yue ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84988423798     PISSN: 10492127     EISSN: 15588033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/jmar-10496     Document Type: Editorial

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