Ownership structure, founder leadership, and performance in Norwegian SMEs: Implications for financing entrepreneurial opportunities

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 619-637

  Randøy, Trond ^a   Goel, Sanjay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Entrepreneurship; Founding family leadership; Norway; Ownership structure; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042164210     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9026(03)00013-2     Document Type: Article

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