Stakeholder theory, corporate governance and public management: What can the history of state-run enterprises teach us in the post-Enron era?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-265

  Heath, Joseph ^a   Norman, Wayne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

agency problems; corporate governance; corporate social responsibility; multiprincipal agency problems; multitask agency problems; public management; stake holder theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444384249     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BUSI.0000039418.75103.ed     Document Type: Article

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