Where is the theory in stakeholder theory? A meta-analysis of the pluralism in stakeholder theory

Stakeholder Theory: Impact and Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 140-162

  Scherer, Andreas Georg ^a   Patzer, Moritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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