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Accountability Frameworks for Partnership Toward Sustainability

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I would like to thank the Canadian Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and the Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) for their joint financial support through a Financial Accounting Research Grant. I would also like to thank the Marjorie Young Bell Faculty Fellowship for financial support.

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Pomare, C. (2019). Accountability Frameworks for Partnership Toward Sustainability. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Partnerships for the Goals. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71067-9_5-1

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