Enlightened Shareholder Maximization: Is this Strategy Achievable?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 683-694

  Queen, Pamela E ^a  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enlightened shareholder wealth maximization; Stakeholder theory; Value based management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893172366     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2070-6     Document Type: Article

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