Generalizing incentives and loss of control in an optimal hierarchy: The role of information technology

Economics Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-280

  Meagher, Kieron J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication technology; Hierarchy size; Information technology; Loss of control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037293787     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(02)00220-3     Document Type: Article

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