Corporate ownership structure and firm performance: Evidence from Greek firms

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 144-158

  Kapopoulos, Panayotis ^a,b,c   Lazaretou, Sophia ^a,d,e  

^a Risk Management Division   (Greece)

^b Emporiki Bank   (Greece)

^c ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^d BANK OF GREECE   (Greece)

^e HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Firm performance; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947288525     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00551.x     Document Type: Review

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