Client retention and engagement-level pricing

Auditing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-20

  Hackenbrack, Karl E ^a   Hogan, Chris E ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Client retention; Engagement realization rates; Engagement level pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644582844     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2005.24.1.7     Document Type: Article

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