The stakeholder concept was originally defined as "those groups without whose support the organization would cease to exist." The list of stakeholders originally included shareowners, employees, customers, suppliers, lenders and society. Stemming from the work of Igor Ansoff and Robert Stewart (in the planning department at Lockheed) and, later Marion Doscher and Stewart at SRI, the original approach served an important information function in the SRI corporate planning.


R. Edward Freeman (2010) Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach. p. 32

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The stakeholder concept was originally defined as those groups without whose support the organization would cease to exist. The list of stakeholders...

The stakeholder concept was originally defined as those groups without whose support the organization would cease to exist. The list of stakeholders...

The stakeholder concept was originally defined as those groups without whose support the organization would cease to exist. The list of stakeholders...

The stakeholder concept was originally defined as those groups without whose support the organization would cease to exist. The list of stakeholders...