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Closing the Theory Gap: How the Economic Theory of Property Rights Can Help Bring ‘‘Stakeholders’’ Back into Theories of the Firm

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Blair, M. Closing the Theory Gap: How the Economic Theory of Property Rights Can Help Bring ‘‘Stakeholders’’ Back into Theories of the Firm . J Manage Governance 9, 33–40 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10997-005-1566-y

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