Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach

by R. Edward Freeman

Strategic A Stakeholder Approach was first published in 1984 as a part of the Pitman series in Business and Public Policy. Its publication proved to be a landmark moment in the development of stakeholder theory. Widely acknowledged as a world leader in business ethics and strategic management, R. Edward Freeman's foundational work continues to inspire scholars and students concerned with a more practical view of how business and capitalism actually work. Business can be understood as a system of how we create value for stakeholders. This worldview connects business and capitalism with ethics once and for all. On the 25th anniversary of publication, Cambridge University Press are delighted to be able to offer a new print-on-demand edition of his work to a new generation of readers.

Genres: Business, Economics

293 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

R. Edward Freeman is University Professor and Olsson Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School of the University of Virginia.

Reviews

[Brian Mcleish]

The book that started a revolution (so to speak!), this is the basis of the stakeholder approach to strategic management. Freeman's style is fairly readable and it is not too difficult to work through, although it is heavy on the theory and background to the concept.

[Ken Davidian]

Good book in the Power School of management... stakeholder analysis...

[Robert Bogue]

Some things are just obvious. They are just the way that things have always been – except that they’re not. To me, the idea that you’d manage to your stakeholders seems like it should be the thing that has always been done, but I realized that it hasn’t always been that way. So it was time to take a look back at when the idea of managing to stakeholders was new and different. That meant reading Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach.

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