Top managers’ compensation, strategic orientations, and firm performance: Empirical evidence from spanish firms

Management Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-44

  Marín, Gregorio Sánchez ^a   Sánchez, Antonio Aragón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 3242768726     PISSN: 15365433     EISSN: 15580946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/15365430380000516     Document Type: Article

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