"Outside" directors in SME boards: A call for theoretical reflections

Corporate Board: Role, Duties and Composition

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-37

  Gabrielsson, Jonas ^a,b   Huse, Morten ^a,c  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Family firms; Outside directors; SMEs; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748788912     PISSN: 18108601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22495/cbv1i1art3     Document Type: Article

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