Why stakeholder and stockholder theories are not necessarily contradictory: A knightian insight

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 249-262

  Ramakrishna Velamuri, S ^a,c,d,e   Venkataraman, S ^b,f  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (India)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE PIURA   (Peru)

^f Batten Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Corporate governance; Entrepreneurship; Stakeholder theory; Theory of the firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844473271     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-4733-9     Document Type: Article

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