The juridical nature of the firm

The SAGE Handbook of Corporate Governance

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 113-135

  Deakin, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446200995.n5     Document Type: Chapter

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