Turning stakeseekers into stakeholders: A political coalition perspective on the politics of stakeholder influence

Business and Society

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-67

  Holzer, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Political coalition; Royal Dutch Shell; Social movements; Stakeholder engagement; Stakeholders; Stakeseekers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547636270     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650307306341     Document Type: Article

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