Security analysts' earnings forecasts as a measure of firm performance: An empirical exploration of its domain

Management Decision

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1160-1181

  Sambharya, Rakesh B ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Companies; Financial forecasting; Firm performance; Security analysts' earnings forecasts; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961147012     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741111151190     Document Type: Article

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