Agency Theory Explanations of Self-Serving Sales Forecast Inaccuracies
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Business and Management Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1927-601X,1927-6001
DOI: 10.5430/bmr.v2n2p13