Ownership structure and CEO compensation: Implications for the choice of foreign market entry modes

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 321-338

  Musteen, Martina ^a   Datta, Deepak K ^b   Herrmann, Pol ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Corporate governance; Entry mode choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 59449107459     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2008.63     Document Type: Article

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