Critiquing and contrasting “moral” stakeholder theory and “strategic” stakeholder: Implications for the board of directors

Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-127

  Maharaj, Rookmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Decision making; Market value; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149153922     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700810863751     Document Type: Article

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