Managerial risk-taking: A study of mining CEOs

Mining Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 61-67

  Walls, M R ^b   Eggert, R G ^a,b  

^a SME ^*

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

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EID: 0003093457     PISSN: 00265187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
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