Form of control: A critical determinant of acquisition performance and CEO rewards

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-96

  Kroll, Mark ^a   Wright, Peter ^b   Toombs, Leslie ^a   Leavell, Hadley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition performance; CEO rewards; Control form

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002901361     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199702)18:2<85::AID-SMJ833>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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