Agency relations within the family business system: An exploratory approach

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 171-179

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

^a VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agency theory; Family business; Governance; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037560957     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8683.00316     Document Type: Article

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