Rethinking the firm's mission and purpose

European Management Review

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 195-204

  Jordi, Canals L ^a  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

companies and society; efficiency; maximization; mission; purpose; theory of the firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650436770     PISSN: 17404754     EISSN: 17404762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/emr.2010.11     Document Type: Article

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