Controlling shareholder and executive incentive structure: Canadian evidence

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 245-254

  Park, Yun W ^a   Nelson, Toni ^b   Torabzadeh, Khalil M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034556294     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-4490.2000.tb00224.x     Document Type: Article

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