Closing the theory gap: How the economic theory of property rights can help bring "stakeholders" back into theories of the firm

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-40

  Blair, Margaret M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 22544467295     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10997-005-1566-y     Document Type: Review

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