Corporate Malfeasance and the Myth of Shareholder Value

Political Power and Social Theory

Volumn 17, Issue , 2005, Pages 179-198

  Dobbin, Frank ^a   Zorn, Dirk ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645955559     PISSN: 01988719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8719(04)17006-3     Document Type: Review

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