The Relation between Stakeholder Management, Firm Value, and CEO Compensation: A Test of Enlightened Value Maximization

Financial Management

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 929-964

  Benson, Bradley W ^a   Davidson, Wallace N ^b  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78649476017     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: 1755053X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2010.01100.x     Document Type: Article

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