A structural model of sales-force compensation dynamics: Estimation and field implementation

Quantitative Marketing and Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 211-257

  Misra, Sanjog ^a   Nair, Harikesh S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80055100259     PISSN: 15707156     EISSN: 1573711X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11129-011-9096-1     Document Type: Article

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