Stakeholder Management Theory, Firm Strategy, and Ambidexterity

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-82

  Minoja, Mario ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambidexterity; Dynamic approach; Ethics; Firm strategy; Integration; Stakeholder management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864413456     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1380-9     Document Type: Article

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