A historical perspective on corporate form and real entity: Implications for corporate social responsibility

The Firm as an Entity: Implications for Economics, Accounting and the Law

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 153-185

  Avi Yonah, Reuven S ^a   Sivan, Dganit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203931110     Document Type: Chapter

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