Executive compensation policy and company performance in Japan

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 429-436

  Kubo, Katsuyuki ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Corporate governance; Executive compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 19744376189     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2005.00437.x     Document Type: Review

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