A comparison of the financial characteristics of group affiliated and independent firms in Turkey

European Business Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-54

  Gunduz, Lokman ^a   Tatoglu, Ekrem ^a  

^a BEYKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Companies; Family firms; Organizational performance; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750273715     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340310455191     Document Type: Review

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