Boards of directors, CEO ownership, and the use of non-financial performance measures in the CEO bonus plan

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-106

  Schiehll, Eduardo ^a   Bellavance, François ^a,b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Blockholder ownership; Board composition; Canada; CEOs; Corporate governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449104070     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2008.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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