Toward a theory of agency and altruism in family firms

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 473-490

  Schulze, William S ^a   Lubatkin, Michael H ^b,c   Dino, Richard N ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Agency; Altruism; Family firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041530272     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9026(03)00054-5     Document Type: Article

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