An agency analysis of the effect of long-term performance plans on managerial decision making

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-91

  Ferris, Stephen P ^a   Kumar, Raman ^b   Sant, Rajiv ^b   Sopariwala, Parvez R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032014774     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1062-9769(99)80105-7     Document Type: Article

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