Managerial efficiency and human capital: An application to English association football

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 471-486

  Dawson, Peter ^a   Dobson, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 33745758951     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1098     Document Type: Article

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