Ownership and performance of professional service firms

Organization Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-238

  Greenwood, Royston ^a   Deephouse, David L ^a   Li, Stan Xiao ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Organizational performance; Ownership; Professional service firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846651229     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840606067992     Document Type: Article

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