Top management team compensation in high-growth technology ventures

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Balkin, David ^a   Swift, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; High growth technology venture; Top management team; Venture capitalist

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645869849     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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