Empirical testing of different alternative proxy measures for firm size

Journal of Applied Business Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 79-90

  Al Khazali, Osamah M ^a   Zoubi, Taisier A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

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