Corporate governance practices in Flemish family businesses

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 225-245

  Van den Berghe, Lutgart A A ^a   Carchon, Steven ^a  

^a VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Board; Corporate governance; Empirical research; Family businesses; Flandres; Management; Ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036661443     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8683.00286     Document Type: Conference Paper

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