Fundamentals Of Cost Accounting (6th Edition)
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ISBN: 9781259969478
Author: WILLIAM LANEN, Shannon Anderson, Michael Maher
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
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Explain whether the CEO is an agent in the principal-agent relationship.
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Fundamentals Of Cost Accounting (6th Edition)
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