Shareholder Primacy, Corporate Social Responsibility, and the Role of Business Schools
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Corporate social responsibility; Shareholder primacy; Shareholder value maximization; Business schools; Corporate law; Fiduciary duties; Benefit corporations;All these keywords.
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