Environmental accounting in the New Zealand contracting industry: Comments on the use of mail survey method

Pacific Accounting Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-15

  Tung, Samuel ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84992987308     PISSN: 01140582     EISSN: 20415494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb037946     Document Type: Article

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