Mapping stakeholder theory anew: From the 'Stakeholder Theory of the Firm' to three perspectives on business-society relations

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-69

  Steurer, Reinhard ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Business society relations; Second order stakeholder theory; Second order theory; Stakeholder management; Stakeholder relation management; Stakeholder theory; Stakeholders; Taxonomy; Typology

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; STAKEHOLDER; TAXONOMY;

EID: 31644442630     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.467     Document Type: Article

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