A global perspective on executive compensation

Global Compensation: Foundations and Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 113-128

  Berrone, Pascual ^a   Otten, Jordan ^b  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79956265456     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203885635-18     Document Type: Chapter

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