Series:
Finance
Competition for Managers and Corporate Governance
Competition for Managers and Corporate Governance
Series number :
Serial Number:
399/2014
Competition for Managers and Corporate Governance
Real name:
Fellow, Research Member
Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University
Real name:
Marc Gabarro
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