Make or buy new technology: The role of CEO compensation contract in a firm's route to innovation

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 659-690

  Xue, Yanfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Mergers and acquisitions; R D; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748835229     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11142-007-9039-y     Document Type: Article

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