Executive Search and Selection: Imperfect Theory or Intractable Industry?

This paper is a structure conduct performance analysis of the executive search and selection industry. The industry illustrates well the general problems of applying this framework to service industries. Structure and conduct can be analysed with some modifications to techniques but it is in the are...

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Published in:The Service industries journal 1992-04, Vol.12 (2), p.238-250
Main Authors: Britton, L. C., Clark, T. A. R., Ball, D. F.
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Brand loyalty
Costs
Economic theory
Economies of scale
Executives
Manufacturing
Personnel selection
Product differentiation
Productivity
Service industries
Studies
Value added
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Personnel selection
Product differentiation
Productivity
Service industries
Studies
Value added
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