Managerial defections, promotion criteria and firm growth

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 917-940

  Bac, Mehmet ^a   Saglam, Ismail ^a,b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ability acquisition; Bayesian equilibrium; L14; M12; Promotions; Sunk growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033416573     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7187(98)00009-5     Document Type: Article

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