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Neither Stakeholder Nor Shareholder ‘Theories’: How Property Right and Contract Theory can Help in Getting Out of the Dilemma

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Grandori, A. Neither Stakeholder Nor Shareholder ‘Theories’: How Property Right and Contract Theory can Help in Getting Out of the Dilemma. J Manage Governance 9, 41–46 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10997-005-1569-8

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