Conflicts of interest and strategic ignorance of harm

Conflicts of Interest: Challenges and Solutions in Business, Law, Medicine, and Public Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 206-223

  Dana, Jason ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84926101973     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511610332.016     Document Type: Chapter

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