Showing a strong front: Corporate social reporting and the ‘business case’ in Britain, 1914-1919

Accounting Historians Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-171

  Maltby, Josephine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009401680     PISSN: 01484184     EISSN: 23274468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/0148-4184.32.2.145     Document Type: Article

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