Unconventional insights for managing stakeholder trust

MIT Sloan Management Review

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 43-50

  Pirson, Michael ^a   Malhotra, Deepak ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 70349651379     PISSN: 15329194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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