Assessing the performance of business unit managers

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 667-697

  Bouwens, Jan ^a   Van Lent, Laurence ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34547181782     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2007.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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