Developing sustainable reporting standards

Journal of Applied Accounting Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-16

  Aras, Güler ^a   Crowther, David ^b  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting standards; Corporate social responsibility; Financial reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992926525     PISSN: 09675426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09675420810886097     Document Type: Article

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