Family ownership, corporate governance, and top executive compensation

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 549-561

  Cheng, Suwina ^a   Firth, Michael ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Department of Accounting and Finance ^*  (Hong Kong)

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EID: 33845274510     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1273     Document Type: Article

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