The impact of firm strategy and foreign ownership on executive bonus compensation in Japanese firms

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1254-1260

  Yoshikawa, Toru ^a   Rasheed, Abdul A ^b   Del Brio, Esther B ^c  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Executive compensation; Firm strategy; Information processing perspective; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956872234     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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