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Chapter 4 - Stakeholder Identification and Its Importance in the Value Creating System of Stakeholder Work

from Part I - Theoretical Foundations of Stakeholder Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2019

Jeffrey S. Harrison
Affiliation:
University of Richmond
Jay B. Barney
Affiliation:
University of Utah
R. Edward Freeman
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
Robert A. Phillips
Affiliation:
York University, Toronto
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