The influence of comparative pay, customer service measures and accounting profits upon CEO pay in the UK privatised water industry

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-215

  Ogden, Stuart ^a   Watson, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CEO pay; Customer service measures; Profit related pay; Water utility regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548850057     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2007.9730072     Document Type: Article

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