Stakeholder orientation vs. shareholder value - A matter of contractual failures

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-97

  Rose, Caspar ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Company law; Corporate governance; Duty of loyalty; Shareholder value; Stakeholder theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142691126     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJLE.0000032771.22551.58     Document Type: Review

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