A perspective on "Asymmetric Information, Incentives and Intrafirm Resource Allocation"

Management Science

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1615-1623

  Rajan, Madhav V ^a   Reichelstein, Stefan ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Intrafirm resource allocation; Managerial incentives

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; INTRAFIRM RESOURCE ALLOCATION; MANAGERIAL INCENTIVES; RESEARCHERS;

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESEARCH;

RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 11844302872     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1040.0285     Document Type: Review

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