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Putting our money where their mouth is: alignment of charitable aims with charity investments – tensions in policy and practice

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Putting our money where their mouth is: alignment of charitable aims with charity investments – tensions in policy and practice. / Kreander, Niklas; Beattie, Vivien; Mcphail, Ken.
In: British Accounting Review, Vol. 41, No. 3, 01.09.2009, p. 154-168.

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Kreander, N, Beattie, V & Mcphail, K 2009, 'Putting our money where their mouth is: alignment of charitable aims with charity investments – tensions in policy and practice', British Accounting Review, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 154-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2009.06.001

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Kreander, N., Beattie, V., & Mcphail, K. (2009). Putting our money where their mouth is: alignment of charitable aims with charity investments – tensions in policy and practice. British Accounting Review, 41(3), 154-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2009.06.001

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Kreander N, Beattie V, Mcphail K. Putting our money where their mouth is: alignment of charitable aims with charity investments – tensions in policy and practice. British Accounting Review. 2009 Sept 1;41(3):154-168. doi: 10.1016/j.bar.2009.06.001

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Kreander, Niklas ; Beattie, Vivien ; Mcphail, Ken. / Putting our money where their mouth is : alignment of charitable aims with charity investments – tensions in policy and practice. In: British Accounting Review. 2009 ; Vol. 41, No. 3. pp. 154-168.

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