Determining best practice in corporate-stakeholder relations using data envelopment analysis: An industry-level study

Business and Society

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 306-338

  Bendheim, Catherine Lerme ^a   Waddock, Sandra A ^b   Graves, Samuel B ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 79958053044     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000765039803700304     Document Type: Article

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